I'm going to drop this here...

[OneGrassRoot]

88. Perhaps you can help me, notadmblnd...

First, forgive me if you've already had this very same discussion elsewhere on DU and I have missed it. I think I've developed adult-onset ADHD or something, because I have a hard time even in long threads like this one and the various responses become a bit of a blur.

I adore Grace Lee Boggs. I would also encourage others to check out her message and her work.

You know, it's so difficult to have meaningful discussions about issues nowadays. Perhaps it always was and everything is amplified now due to social media. Even if our life experiences are molded by things such as the color of our skin, we also each have different personality types, different levels of tolerance, different priorities. It's virtually impossible to have unity or solidarity.

Which is why I aim for harmony...lots of different voices at different pitches, coming together in one song.

Anyway, to me, your experience is VITAL. Your voice is extremely vital. I haven't engaged in every single discussion or even read through them here on DU, but I would imagine that most people of color would appreciate the fact that you have had a front-row seat to the experience of a black person in the US via your child.

I try to always include family members of people of color -- spouses, parents, etc. -- because you do have a different perspective than most white people who do not have family members who are in their daily lives to be able to see the daily microaggressions, let alone the overt repeated brutality.

I value your experience tremendously. You have an insight I don't have and, quite frankly, I cannot imagine. Your voice is very important, imho.