@20th_Centurygal I woke today, and felt your side of bed
The covers were still warm where you'd been layin'
You were gone, my heart was filled with dread
You might not be sleeping here again
Whoopi Goldbergโs comments reveal everything wrong with identity politics.
I didnโt marry my wife because sheโs white.
She didnโt marry me because Iโm Black.
We got married because we share the same values, the same faith, and the same vision for raising a family.
At no point did marrying a white woman make me less Black.
At no point did marrying a Black man make my wife less white.
What it made us was a family.
The people obsessed with race canโt understand that most Americans donโt choose friends, spouses, or family based on skin color. We choose them based on character, values, and love.
The civil rights movement wasnโt about putting race at the center of everything. It was about moving beyond it.
@RealJamesWoods I'm an atheist, left the Catholic church when I was very young. Everyone has the right to their beliefs. I don't like the hypocrisy of Christian leaders who Learjet around the world donned with expensive jewelry and preach helping the poor.