LOIE
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- May 11, 2017
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After the Charlottesville incident I wrote and distributed an apology letter to African Americans. One lady read it, thanked me, hugged me and told me it was very moving. The next day she said she had shared it with her co-workers.
Yesterday I saw the same lady again. She sat next to me and said, "Delores, we need more people like you who are willing to put a little balm on the wound."
I loved that, because some folks on this board have told me that a wound can't heal if you pick at it. I told them I didn't think they could totally heal on their own without medicine, bandages, etc.
This is a lady who goes to work every weekday like I do. She was not complaining, whining, or blaming. But she said that her community is still struggling and that certain wounds still exist, even though many of us can not see them. And even though some of us continue to deny their existence.
Yesterday I saw the same lady again. She sat next to me and said, "Delores, we need more people like you who are willing to put a little balm on the wound."
I loved that, because some folks on this board have told me that a wound can't heal if you pick at it. I told them I didn't think they could totally heal on their own without medicine, bandages, etc.
This is a lady who goes to work every weekday like I do. She was not complaining, whining, or blaming. But she said that her community is still struggling and that certain wounds still exist, even though many of us can not see them. And even though some of us continue to deny their existence.