At a time when our nation is grappling mightily with issues of race, let today be a day of reflection, remembrance and contemplation about we can all do better.
I, for one, will be giving thanks for Loving vs. Virginia, the landmark civil rights decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court struck down laws banning interracial marriage. That was in 1967 - when a large number of folks on this board were around - so no, it wasn't that long ago. The whole notion that it was illegal for people to marry the man or woman or their choice because of skin color, and that such a thing had the force of the rule of law should give a lot of people pause. To think I literally could've been thrown in the slammer not long ago for the "grievous injury" to society of having a Japanese wife should shock and disgust any person of moral character and decency.
Let us pause today and reflect on that, and on the many ways the cancer of racism continues to sicken our society and body politic, in ways more subtle and even more evil.
I, for one, will be giving thanks for Loving vs. Virginia, the landmark civil rights decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court struck down laws banning interracial marriage. That was in 1967 - when a large number of folks on this board were around - so no, it wasn't that long ago. The whole notion that it was illegal for people to marry the man or woman or their choice because of skin color, and that such a thing had the force of the rule of law should give a lot of people pause. To think I literally could've been thrown in the slammer not long ago for the "grievous injury" to society of having a Japanese wife should shock and disgust any person of moral character and decency.
Let us pause today and reflect on that, and on the many ways the cancer of racism continues to sicken our society and body politic, in ways more subtle and even more evil.
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