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A more perfect union.

Florencia       Passing through Spartanburg (S.C.), I stopped at a laundromat on the east side of town.  There were four people there, and curiously enough, all four of us were youngish men, doing the laundry on a weekday afternoon.  The other three men were all black.  We started talking, but I literally could not understand the accent of the man who did most of the talking, so I faded out of the conversation.  But later when two of the others had left, I mentioned to the one other man that I was on a trip down south, and I had passed through D.C. on my way down from the north and had been to the inauguration.  To say that he was curious was an understatement.  He wanted to hear all about it, and when I had given him a sense of the event the conversation came to a little pause.  He then asked me, “What do you think of Obama?”  It was clear that he wanted the “white person’s” opinion on the man.  We both had a lot to say about how impressed we were.  He was most impressed by his non-retaliatory style.  As we spoke of all the good things that were happening around us, he voiced the (often cited) fear that Obama would be killed.  He felt it very powerfully.

http://iamlearningdisabled.com/author/peter-2       All this love so many people are pouring out for this man, could turn to hatred very quickly if he were killed.  And it is worrisome, because all this light will cast a shadow at some point.

      But as we discussed this possibility both of us had watery eyes.  I will reiterate that the emotional effect Obama is having on this country is astonishing.

      And what amazed me was how very curious we both were, like a teenage boy and girl curious about each other. 

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