Lisa Randles is the first local who has spoken up candidly and rather directly to me about the racism and bigotry that our small town has and also affects places all over. Her quote from another thread is posted here below: This is another very disturbing issue altogether and is far more devastating for me as well. Being an 8th generation local born and raised in Washington County I know all too well that small mindedness exists here. What you are experiencing now is what my mothers Sicilian ancestors faced 80 years ago when moving to Cambridge and most likely what my fathers Scotch /Irish relatives faced 250 years ago when arriving in Salem. The majority sets the tone and the simple minded follow the ethnocentric path feeling threatened by anything different. I think But to the point of why no one stands up I can only assume its fear of having the hate turned on them. Here below is the link to that thread. https://facebook/suvir.saran.7/posts/602234023193758?comment_id=49096090&offset=0&total_comments=147&ref=notif¬if_t=feed_comment Jim Clary, Sue Clary (McCartees Barn) Sweety, Ellen, Patrick, Genna, Ginny, Jennifer, Robin, Eddie, Erin, Tom, Maree, Aileen, Charles, Niv, Nina, Marisa, Katy, Darren - how bold is Lisa to be so strong? As good friends have stayed quiet in the face of bigoted outburst around us, Lisa is one of only a handful at best locals that have stood up against bigotry and called it as they see it. I am crying as I share this. All victims of hate want is someone who cares and can acknowledge what is happening. Sadly we live in a world where people, even those we think are good, are afraid to speak up because of fear. Fear begets fear. Fear begets hate. Hate begets only worse racism and the cycle continues. Jim Clary said beautifully on other threads that we all need to speak up. Individually, collectively and in any and all ways possible. A drastic change is needed if we really want our world to become civilized and a place where diversity can breathe, let alone thrive. Thanks Lisa, for your brave words and for your kindness to Charlie and me. Remus and you are dear people. I am sorry that you see in our experiences glimpses of what your own family faced in our community decades ago. What a shame that nothing has changed. But we have hope, or at least we can hope, that today, as we talk about these issues, we can affect change in a more real way
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 17:36:19 +0000
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