Humanity: Grains of Sand or a Beautiful Beach?

I went to the beach yesterday with my white husband. We loaded up the car and stopped at the gas station to fill the tank and buy some drinks. The black cashier told my white husband about a special two for one deal, so we were really able to stock up. What a helpful black cashier!

We went to pick up my white daughter and her black fiancée, and my two bi-racial grandchildren. My bi-racial grandson was so excited to go to the beach for the first time! We almost regretted picking them up first, in retrospect, as it would have made more sense to pick up our Asian friend first, to keep the bi-racial kids car ride a bit shorter.

When we stopped to pick up our Asian friend, we decided to stop for breakfast. The Hispanic server was so sweet! She fussed over the bi-racial kids and my bi-racial grandson loved the crayons the Hispanic server let him use. Our Asian friend thought she was pretty cute, but she already had a white boyfriend, so he didn't pursue her.

We had decided to meet my gay white sister-in-law at the beach to save time. Her native American girlfriend had the cutest bathing suit I've ever seen! She bought it from a Hispanic Asian man who had recently opened a new store in her Jewish community. Maybe next year I'll look there for a new suit.

What's my point?

Personally, I'm tired of today's media manipulating and promoting racism in today's United States. Horrible comments about a Cheerio commercial, Paula Deen, Kanye West, racist rap music, gay bashing everywhere you look. This tit for tat attitude is draining our society and needs to be put into proper prospective.

Why?

When you look on Facebook, there is no shortage of posts: "oh yea, well this one said this, and this one said that!" Perpetuation of hate in any form is just hurtful. Two wrongs don't make a right. Be the bigger person. Put yourself in someone else's shoes. Just stop joining in.

One thing most people eventually learn, if they are willing to accept it, is there are good and bad people throughout the world. They come in all sizes, colors, religions and ethnicity's. Genetics really has little to do with it. How someone chooses to live their life by both thought and actions is a personal decision. Stop the hate, or perpetuate. The choice is yours.

Racism, sexism, and the hatred of someone due to their sexual orientation is a snap judgment of people. Why waste your time and energy responding to something if it really has nothing to do with you? If most people hadn't turned on the television or heard the latest media-induced racial rant on the radio, would people like Paula Deen and Kanye West really impact their life? Probably not. They have both said inappropriate comments. Here is the good news: Everyone can turn them off! Unless they are related to you, you don't ever, ever have to listen to them again! No one will force will you to buy Paula's cookbooks and pans! You don't have to listen to Kanye's music...I'm guessing there is a dial on that radio and you can make him go away with a slight flick of the wrist!

I only wrote this because I am so tired of hearing and reading about hatred. Yes, it brings in money for the media, but since I really do have black, white, bi-racial, Asian, Hispanic, Jewish, gay, and Native American people in my life who I care about, I choose not to let the media fill my emotions with negativity. This is how I'd rather live my life:


I went to the beach yesterday with my husband. We loaded up the car and stopped at the gas station to fill the tank and buy some drinks. The cashier told my husband about a special two for one deal, so we were really able to stock up. What a helpful cashier!

We went to pick up my daughter and her fiancée, and my two grandchildren. My grandson was so excited to go to the beach for the first time! We almost regretted picking them up first, in retrospect, as it would have made more sense to pick up our friend first, to keep the kids car ride a bit shorter.

When we stopped to pick up our friend, we decided to stop for breakfast. The server was so sweet! She fussed over the kids and my grandson loved the crayons the server let him use. Our friend thought she was pretty cute, but she already had a boyfriend, so he didn't pursue her.

We had decided to meet my sister-in-law at the beach to save time. Her girlfriend had the cutest bathing suit I've ever seen! She bought it from a man who had recently opened a new store in her community. Maybe next year I'll look there for a new suit.

If you see us at the beach, pull up a chair and enjoy the sunset. We always have room to welcome a new friend.