tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14917571.post7898972201622602225..comments2023-10-31T06:48:39.805-04:00Comments on The Reluctant Prophet: If OnlyKLeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00432371404842970536noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14917571.post-52661366834791235082007-07-17T00:20:00.000-04:002007-07-17T00:20:00.000-04:00Amen to your "if only"s. I hope that someday they ...Amen to your "if only"s. I hope that someday they will come true.Liz Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09469435277058701080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14917571.post-37615996652329503652007-07-11T18:56:00.000-04:002007-07-11T18:56:00.000-04:00Not dealing with boys yet. My grandmother is the o...Not dealing with boys yet. <BR/><BR/>My grandmother is the only one concerned about race or religion.ccwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319415763862282537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14917571.post-28032836686297208832007-07-11T12:07:00.000-04:002007-07-11T12:07:00.000-04:00My stepdaughter, Dr. Amber, dated a boy of color w...My stepdaughter, Dr. Amber, dated a boy of color when she was a senior in high school. Very smart and very personable – kind of like your daughters friend. I was concerned for their safety when they went out, but times have changed, I guess, because nothing ever happened or was said to them. He ended up going to the University of Virginia, got a girl from India pregnant, and borrowed $5,000 to pay for an abortion (we didn’t know that was the reason at the time.) Then he disappeared. No payback, no thank you, no nothing. Nothing to do with him being black, just immature, selfish and self-centered. Asshole!Coffeypothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08601474604616163167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14917571.post-6288565265755578702007-07-11T07:52:00.000-04:002007-07-11T07:52:00.000-04:00I have raised my kids to not see color, and I trul...I have raised my kids to not see color, and I truly hope that others are doing the same. I live in the same part of the country as you - you know that already - and many members of my family are like your parents. I would hate to see their reaction to Bug or J-man in the same situation. I would be OK with it as long as that person treats them with the respect and love they deserve.<BR/><BR/>We truly need to teach our kids tolerance and equality. That is something lacking in today's society... big time.Marnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03543853940645527249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14917571.post-981227306644100632007-07-10T21:19:00.000-04:002007-07-10T21:19:00.000-04:00As someone who is part of an interracial marriage,...As someone who is part of an interracial marriage, even my folks (who are mostly -- dad has his off moments -- of the tolerant sort) made some rather horrible assumptions about me dating a member of another race. It was rough.<BR/><BR/>8 years of marriage later, and they probably love him more than they do me. :)<BR/><BR/>Didn't some comedian once say that racism will end because we'll all be so intermarried that there won't be any more white people?Courtneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03792779327477619787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14917571.post-2879569616863871522007-07-10T18:32:00.000-04:002007-07-10T18:32:00.000-04:00Maybe, just maybe, they love Offspring enough to e...Maybe, just maybe, they love Offspring enough to embrace her decisions. Or maybe Offspring will be able to break them out of their narrow thinking.<BR/><BR/>Or maybe I'm just wishful thinking...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14917571.post-47575532189833545062007-07-10T18:31:00.000-04:002007-07-10T18:31:00.000-04:00We're dealing with the crushes from the other side...We're dealing with the crushes from the other side (my boy on a girl). She's of the same race, but if she weren't, you're right, plenty of people would have an opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com