Messages from the other side

[SonofDonald]

10. I can't imagine where the hate comes from.

I went to a high school and graduated in 1977, we had maybe 8 people of color due to where we live in Washington state, two were well liked cheerleaders, one was class president, they were all great people.

Fast forward to now, I know of at least 15-20 people in my class who have a public dislike of minority's and are quite vocal about it, not blatant white power but close enough as when a conversation about the election was had last year at a local function I overheard such nastiness directed towards people of color it floored me.

I dont understand as I've know these people for over 40 years now, this behavior was never even suspected by me until I overheard the conversation they were having, I'm not prejudice in any way ( well, I don't like bigots/racists ) so I had never known that side of them.

At least the next few generations seem quite at home with each other thank goodness, I hope these cave people don't breed to pass on the hate, thing is a lot of these people know my children are 1/2 Alaska Native, explains why I've never been involved in these discussions before I'd think.

Some of the things I heard that night have made me drop some people from my life.