Lest We Forget Part 2
Note: This is the second part of a two-part reflection by Lucretia H. that was inspired by a recent Lenten Ignatian Solidarity Network piece. The link to the ISN posting is provided for you here: https://ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2021/03/10/lest-we-forget/ Is racism Real? You be the judge of my experience. I know I never thought of myself as a racist. My mother would never permit it. My father pointed out to us how privileged we were. “If you have an education, you are never poor.” I was the oldest of twelve, and my mother was a stay-at-home mom while my dad held three jobs. He was a Postal Clerk, which paid the bills, and a Handyman at a local hotel, and a janitor at our church (the church money paid for our Catholic Education). My family is diverse in ethnicity; Russian, Polish, Italian...