Such wise, heartfelt words...
"My mother taught me to refuse hate. She taught me to refuse blanket judgment, and in this time, and with all of the Internet and social media and algorithms and everything that wants us to think a certain way, the 24-hour news cycle, it is my hope that all of us, we teach our kids and I want to remember, just refuse hate. Don’t hate anybody. I refuse to hate someone because they are Mexican or because they are Black or white or LGBTQ. I refuse to hate someone because they are a police officer. I refuse to hate someone because they are Asian.
Anyone who wants to stand in the middle, no matter what’s around the
wall. Stand in the middle ’cause that’s where healing happens. That’s where
conversation happens. That’s where change happens. It happens in the middle. So
anyone who wants to meet me in the middle, to refuse hate, to refuse blanket
judgment, and to help lift someone’s feet off the ground,” Tyler Perry… April 25, 2021 at the Oscar
awards event…
Thank you, Mr. Perry.. I could
not say it better.. My prayer would be
to have this carried forward.. if we can
do the BLACK LIFES MATTER.. WHY
NOT… “MEET ME IN THE MIDDLE”?
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