Tag: dailyprompt-2108
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Elimination
I don’t think fascinates me is the right word. More like disgusts me, but I am always bewildered by racism and prejudice. I just cannot wrap my brain around it. How can one faction of people think they are more important than another, but history shows this to happen over and over again and will…
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July 2, 1964 – the Civil Rights Act is the historical event that most fascinates me. This law prohibited segregation of blacks and whites in public places. I can only wonder how people felt (really felt inside), not how they thought they should feel, but how they really felt. This day and time in history was the beginning of bringing human beings together. Yes, it took time and still even now, there are glimmers of objection to it in some places and hearts, but for the most part it has ended. Thank God for this.
I cannot imagine how each side must have felt. We’re they afraid? We’re they happy? We’re they judgemental? We’re they angry? The questions keep coming. What side did they agree with? I mean really believe? Not what they thought others thought, but what their heart believed? Personally, I cannot imagine anyone believing one race had…