I am trying to understand my "white supremacy"

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35. That's a fine thing.

The drive to change for the better.

My experience growing up in a liberal household in the Deep South taught me that the dominant culture is sometimes wrong and it's more important to follow your own conscience than to follow the crowd.

My maternal grandmother was the proprietress of a restaurant in downtown Mobile, AL. As time went on it became more of a bar and grill. Gradually, it became well known as a gay bar in the heart of downtown. She was compassionate but firm, generous but watchful. Just before she retired, the gay community asked her to be the queen of their Mardi Gras Ball, in appreciation of everything she had done. Despite some reservations, she wore a nice a dress and went. She told me that she never approved of her customer's lifestyle (she was raised in the Greek Orthodox church) but she saw that many of these people had a hard time of it, and she was too kind to kick them out. She became rather protective of her customers over the years.

That's one story.

My father's parents were from the country. I never in my life heard either of them say an unkind word about a neighbor, black or white.

I've been a lucky man.