Wonderful story…you should be a history professor!
“ Unicef recently released its latest report on child well-being, and the Netherlands (which routinely ranks among the happiest countries in the world) took the No. 1 spot for mental health. The results spurred a crop of articles discussing why that may be — is it the autonomy Dutch kids have? The ban on phones in schools? The bikes?”
I've always told my kids the best way to end racist thinking is for intermarriage. I've lived in an all black neighborhood. I had a black roommate. I was once stopped by a policeman for doing a rolling-stop, going into my white aunt's well-off neighborhood. I had a dark tan, & dark short curly hair. The policeman apologized & said "I have to ask you, what race are you?" I said that's not offensive at all.
I guess it started w/ my Jewish dad marrying my Christian mom - that's not a racial intermarriage, altho there are people, like Hitler, who believe I have Jewish blood. Oh well. My brother is married to a Korean. One son is married to a Chinese woman, so 3 of my grandchildren are from that marriage. One time while I was volunteering, a co-volunteer was telling me her son was going to Hawaii & she hoped he wouldn't fall in love w/ a Hawaiian. I asked why. She said she didn't want any slanty-eyed grandchildren. I got my phone, showed her pics of my grandchildren & said "Look at some of my beautiful grandchildren. Their mother is Chinese."
BTW, Obama is biracial; he is not black. In the old days a drop of black blood was a curse. Nowadays everyone wants to be all black, no matter what mix.
I look forward to 'check the box' choices to disappear. For instance, if my Chinese/Caucasian grandchildren marry a Black/Hispanic, what box/s do their children check off? I had this conversation w/ someone, & he said he checks off: Other. Then writes: Human
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Thank you for this story.
Please get around to writing that book!
Wonderful story…you should be a history professor!
“ Unicef recently released its latest report on child well-being, and the Netherlands (which routinely ranks among the happiest countries in the world) took the No. 1 spot for mental health. The results spurred a crop of articles discussing why that may be — is it the autonomy Dutch kids have? The ban on phones in schools? The bikes?”
https://tinyurl.com/Dutch-kids
Yes, thanks for the story, Bill - heart warming in the end and hopeful. Actually, all of the stories were. Nice way to start the week. Thanks again!
Great story for a great week!
I've always told my kids the best way to end racist thinking is for intermarriage. I've lived in an all black neighborhood. I had a black roommate. I was once stopped by a policeman for doing a rolling-stop, going into my white aunt's well-off neighborhood. I had a dark tan, & dark short curly hair. The policeman apologized & said "I have to ask you, what race are you?" I said that's not offensive at all.
I guess it started w/ my Jewish dad marrying my Christian mom - that's not a racial intermarriage, altho there are people, like Hitler, who believe I have Jewish blood. Oh well. My brother is married to a Korean. One son is married to a Chinese woman, so 3 of my grandchildren are from that marriage. One time while I was volunteering, a co-volunteer was telling me her son was going to Hawaii & she hoped he wouldn't fall in love w/ a Hawaiian. I asked why. She said she didn't want any slanty-eyed grandchildren. I got my phone, showed her pics of my grandchildren & said "Look at some of my beautiful grandchildren. Their mother is Chinese."
BTW, Obama is biracial; he is not black. In the old days a drop of black blood was a curse. Nowadays everyone wants to be all black, no matter what mix.
I look forward to 'check the box' choices to disappear. For instance, if my Chinese/Caucasian grandchildren marry a Black/Hispanic, what box/s do their children check off? I had this conversation w/ someone, & he said he checks off: Other. Then writes: Human
Kinda interesting that a mere 2 years after the Supreme Court’s decision Virginia adopted “Virginia is for Lovers”.