Admiral Rockwell Tory
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This past Friday through Sunday, my daughter, two grandsons and I were given a Wish from the Make-A-Wish foundation for my grandson who has suffered for three years with Leukemia. His wish was the new Star Wars Starcruiser experience at Disney Orlando. He made the wish as soon as it was known that this attraction would be built.
My daughter decided to post a TikTok video of our adventure, showing the rooms, and other amenities of the "experience". My oldest grandson is a Star Wars fanatic and has forgotten more than I know about the various movies, show and books. After posting her video, she was reading the comments on over 4 million views her video received.
Almost all of the comments were positive, except for the few that questioned the high cost of the attraction, despite her saying that our trip was paid by the Make-A-Wish foundation for about 80 families that were chosen to attend. Several of the kids and families had become friends while they suffered through the agonies to cure or drive their disease into remission.
The other negative comments were like, "It sure would be nice if some Black kids got their wish like that granted" Here is where the irony comes in! My grandson's father is Black. He apparently got a lot of his genes from my side of the family, as he has always looked a lot like his grandfather (me!) and he is tall, wavy hair, has almost white skin.. My other grandson takes back after his father, because he is short, has dark skin, and hair that can best be described as an Afro.
Even though the viewers did not recognize it, they failed to notice the other black family that was granted a wish, and was a friend of my grandson's.
The fact that some people cannot see past skin color just pisses me off to the maximum.
My daughter decided to post a TikTok video of our adventure, showing the rooms, and other amenities of the "experience". My oldest grandson is a Star Wars fanatic and has forgotten more than I know about the various movies, show and books. After posting her video, she was reading the comments on over 4 million views her video received.
Almost all of the comments were positive, except for the few that questioned the high cost of the attraction, despite her saying that our trip was paid by the Make-A-Wish foundation for about 80 families that were chosen to attend. Several of the kids and families had become friends while they suffered through the agonies to cure or drive their disease into remission.
The other negative comments were like, "It sure would be nice if some Black kids got their wish like that granted" Here is where the irony comes in! My grandson's father is Black. He apparently got a lot of his genes from my side of the family, as he has always looked a lot like his grandfather (me!) and he is tall, wavy hair, has almost white skin.. My other grandson takes back after his father, because he is short, has dark skin, and hair that can best be described as an Afro.
Even though the viewers did not recognize it, they failed to notice the other black family that was granted a wish, and was a friend of my grandson's.
The fact that some people cannot see past skin color just pisses me off to the maximum.
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