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I& #39;m so proud of my Grandma Edna. She called me over lunch and we got to talking about current events. She& #39;s appalled and outraged over the racism we& #39;re seeing. She said: "Everybody is an immigrant here. Honey, America is a beautiful nation made up of ALL people of ALL colors."
"We took this land from the Native Americans. We are technically all illegal immigrants." We both talked about how Nazis are making a comeback and agreed that Grandpa is rolling in his grave. She then told me a story, from when she was 16, about her dad and aunt in the 1940s.
They had a farm, and among the men her dad had hired for a job was a Black man. One day, her visiting aunt came into the kitchen during lunch. She immediately berated her brother for allowing a Black man to sit AT his table IN his home, especially with a teenage daughter at home.
Her dad promptly said, "Louise, I will not let you disrespect someone I have invited into my home. If you don& #39;t like it, you can leave." Her father taught her to respect all races and see people as people. She lovingly adopted my Korean family when I was about 6 years old.
