First Reflective Essay and cutting 'blog teeth

1/24/10 at 11:40 PM , meinnovations said...

Wow, I really appreciate the BGI community's recognition and response of the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's birthday. I had the benefit of growing up in Puyallup that was very much like Bainbridge in terms of environment and very much like Vancouver socially. We had only one Afican American person in my HS class, but my Pre-Calculus class had 4 girls, 5 boys, the daughter of a Japanese farmer, and two sons of Vietnamese immigrants among us white folks. The beauty was that we never even considered anyone was lesser or greater. It wasn't until I went to West Point with people throughout the country when I learned that people grew up learning to hate people of different skin color, different regional upbringing, and the opposite gender. It was a rude awakening. I didn't understand it. So, I revere MLK's birthday and it does my heart so much good to see the BGI community embrace it. I felt hope. Tues AM I watched the MLK Day evening news on NBC I had recorded. Appropriately, Haiti dominated the broadcast. Sadly, though, there was not even a mention of MLK Day. We have a lot of work to do. Thank you all for your hand in the work.