7/ inquisitive about life. My mother died when I was 4, and uncle James, aunt Bert and my grandmother became the "raise Wardell squad." The squad said, these are the rules boy. Now, "make something of yourself." Read the Bible, do your homework from school, get good grades,
treat other people the way you want to be treated, nobody is better than you, but you are no better than anyone else, respect your elders (at 81, I now concur) and put your faith in the Lord. I faithfully followed these rules.
Then, along came a preacher who said, "we
Then, along came a preacher who said, "we
hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal... " He said, that's the American creed. "I want this nation to be true to that creed. Don't judge people by the color of their skin." By my 25th birthday, America had largely ended the racism that was
enshrined in our laws and practices. Equality was the law of the land. Only God knows where I and millions more would be without the ideal of equality. You are equal is the welcome mat to all who become Americans. When I heard children of Asian descent recite the text of Prop 209
during the campaign to defeat Prop 16, I felt a kinship. They were saying, we are united as brothers and sisters because we are Americans.
We must defend the principle of equality with every ounce of energy that we can muster. Even when the agent of the destruction is
We must defend the principle of equality with every ounce of energy that we can muster. Even when the agent of the destruction is
president of the United States. Perhaps, especially it is president of the United States, becsuse he above all others should understand, deep in his bones, what the ideal of equality means to the beloved nation over which he presides.
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