even YEARS after his death. BUT


...when I was a young woman (19) he told me
that he would throw me out of the house if
I dated a black man (an interested swain had
called the house).

The black man who had called was from a
rich, much admired family, but my Dad
didn't know that, all he heard was a
black "accent", and he WENT OFF.

I pushed it with him, and he said
"Don't bring him home!"

Total KNEE JERK reaction from a guy who
was raised in a world where racism was
as natural as BREATHING.

I have no doubt, that had the "relationship"
gone anywhere (it didn't), my father would
have eventually been forced to judge the guy
on his own merits.

If this recollection is "throwing my Dad
under the bus", then he is the one responsible
for gassing it up and laying on the accelerator!

Obama's white grandmother has a LOT of company.
We can speak out against the BIGOTED perceptions
and STILL LOVE the "wrinklies" that don't examine
their own prejudices.

Note: My apologies to the Wrinklies that have
grappled with institutionalized prejudice and WON!