When my sister divorced, she descended into a 2 year funk. She send her six children to live with her ex and his new wife, let’s call her Jane. Well Jane was three kinds of crazy. She took a dislike to one of the girls and made her live on the porch. She could shower and use the bathroom but had to eat and sleep on the porch. Also, Jane terrorized my six year old nephew by telling him he would be drug down to hell by the “earth gods” for being naughty.
I was around 20 at the time and working in LA. My mother would call me weekly to lament about the sad state of my sister’s life. She would rattle on about how awful Jane was to the kids and how my sister should pull her act together and get the kids back.
After about 2 years of depression, my sister started dating and found a fellow named William. They ended up living together and William basically pulled my sister out of her funk and insisted she get the kids back. So, after two years of funky, my 6 nieces and nephew were back with their mom. All was good right?
Wrong.
My mother called me in a panic one morning saying that Patty should leave the kids right where they were. It was far better for the kids to be in a married household with a mother and father, yada yada yada. My sister’s “situation” would just not be good for the kids.. Oh did I mention that William was black?
Finally, I interrupted my mother and asked her “do you ever listen to the words that come out of your mouth or do you just talk?” She got really quiet. “Jim and Jane make Sissy live on the PORCH, terrorize Jason and that’s a better home than living with a BLACK MAN??? “
To this day, William has my gratitude that he stepped in to bring my nieces and nephew home.
So I have one question for everyone out there……
YOU HAVE TWO CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT. YOU HAVE ONE WHO HAS TAKEN ANY AND EVERY POSITION ON ISSUES, HAS TOLD YOU EXPLICITY THAT HE WANTS TO PRIVATIZE MEDICARE, KILL MEDICAID, AND RAISE TAXES ON THE MIDDLE CLASS. HE HAS TOLD HIS BIGGEST DONORS THAT 47% OF PEOPLE ARE BENEATH HIS NOTICE AND CARE. HE HAS SAID HE DOESN’T CARE ABOUT THE POOR.
So, my question is, the guy who will make you live on the porch, or the black guy, Your choice.
