Posted 2:37 PM by Bonnie

Since I haven't much time lately to post, but do want to keep this spot interesting, I have decided to copy and paste items that capture my interest. I have often felt the same as the young woman in this article.

UNEQUAL EQUALITY: After joining the Gay Straight Alliance at her Oakley,
Calif., school, high school freshman Lisa McClelland, 15, noted the
school had a Black Student Union, a chapter of Latinos Unidos, and an
ALOHA Club for Asian Americans. Why not a Caucasian Club, wondered the
girl, who is of Scottish, German, American Indian, Latino and Irish
descent, so she got more than 300 student signatures on a petition to
start one. But "Some people would say words like 'racist' when they see
me," she said later, and the NAACP called the club's name "culturally
insensitive". She says the proposed club would be open to anyone who
wanted to talk about race, or express pride in their European heritage.
But she says she was harassed so much for her idea that she transferred
to another school. The school she left? Freedom High School. (San
Francisco Chronicle) ..."We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must
make the pledge that we shall march ahead. We cannot turn back."
--Martin Luther King Jr (1929-1968), American minister and civil rights
leader.