It’s not lost on me that I am a white, middle aged man who grew up in a predominately white community. However I don’t embrace my whiteness (only in jest) but seek to know people who are different and had other experiences. I am a product of my environment but chose to expand my horizons and learn some empathy and sympathy and use my heart and my head to put myself in the lives of people who like me are just trying to make it in the world today.
The Tony Burgess Blog 
DItto brother!
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I like the variety and frequency of your posts and I like the way you keep changing your banner. Thank you!
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Same here!
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Agreed. We are more than our local community, each of us is a part of society at large. Hugs
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Love your open mind!
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My parents tell their experiences during the birth of integration. Most of their classmates switched to private, all white schools- not my parents! I continued in their footsteps, embracing diversity…
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