As an Afro-American, I think that the entire situation is a terrible thing.

As a human being, I think that the entire situation is a terrible thing.

As a Christian, I think that the entire situation is just more proof that there are principalities of this world in play.

Just keep doing the right thing as you see it, take the road less traveled, stay on the narrow path and not the one more traveled, as Russ has done, for each heart and mind must be changed one at a time.

FWIW, Russ, I can relate much the same kind of experiences from black churches where I'm not immediately recognized or known -- and it is very plain that I'm a member of the same race.

Taike, our media is, well, for lack of a better word, "monolithic" in approach.

I no longer pay the media any attention at all, having been lied to in so many ways over the years. I wish that more Americans could do likewise -- and turn OFF their TVs. Speaking of principalities, that is...


--Mac
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"Keep listening. Never become so self-important that you can't listen to other players. Live cleanly....Do right....You can improve as a player by improving as a person. It's a duty we owe to ourselves." --John Coltrane

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