Wrote this five years ago. More relevant now than ever before.
Two White men overheard talking at a coffee shop (Read while listening to Glory from Selma)
Ron: You know it seems all we hear about are Black problems these days. What do they want? Christ’s sake, we abolished slavery over 150 years ago now.
Jack: Yeah, then they got to join the military in WWI and even fight in WW II.
Ron: Yep, then all they did was complain even more. Selma and Bama marches!
Jack: Right, so we gave them the Civil Rights amendment. Thought that would make them happy!
Ron: Nope, they just complained even more. Watts riots and all. So what did we do?
Jack: Created Martin Luther King Day.
Ron: Just so. Did that make them happy?
Jack: Course not. They just whined even more. Especially after that white guy shot MLK.
Ron: So what…
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Aging Capriciously 
Jun 05, 2020 @ 10:51:38
Wow, talk about hard-hitting. Thanks, John. The reality that nothing has changed is about as sad as it can get.
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Jun 05, 2020 @ 16:22:18
So true Jane. What does it take to change peoples hearts?
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