Posted by jay on December 1, 2001, at 22:14:42
In reply to the memorial, posted by Cass on December 1, 2001, at 19:42:30
Why can't there be more people in the world like this? Seems like most of society just cares about making money; creating war; picking on the less fortunate. Everything has become so conservative, it makes me ill. No wonder I/we often just want to pack it all in.
Jay
> Today I went to a memorial service of a lady I did not know well. As a child, she had been a Lithuanian refugee who grew up "dirt poor" in the ghetto, but having white skin allowed her to escape the prejudice that kept her friends and neighbors down. She never turned a blind eye to this unfairness. She devoted her whole life to fighting social injustice. She taught English as a second language, helped feed and clothe immigrants and she was politically active. I was touched by her life, and I just thought I would share it.
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