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"Whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.” --- Jesus Christ, Matthew 12:50
"There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus." --- The Apostle Paul, Galatians 3:28
"God has shown me that I should not call any man unholy or unclean." --- The Apostle Peter, Acts 10:28
I am a Christian. The issue of race is settled for me.
Carl in Tampa
Having introduced you to my Christian principles on the matter of race, now I will tell you about my relationships "under the badge."
I regard every man and woman serving in law enforcement to be my brother and my sister. We are members of a special fraternity that is devoted to maintaining civil order and the very nature of our civilization.
While on the job we experience traumatic events that are so horrifying that civilians cannot imagine them, and they cannot be depicted on television. After retiring we continue our close association in order to support each other in dealing with post-traumatic flashbacks of our experiences.
I'm sure that you will be aghast when you click on the photo below and meet my brother, but please do so.
Carl in Tampa
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My late younger brother married a Jamaican woman ten + years ago. Some of her relatives live in the Tampa area even one-- her twenty something son-- that was in the movie
August Rush with Robin Williams. Some of them are in St Petersburg and Pinellas Park. And a few are still back near Kingston, Jamaica.
My nephews are American born as far as I know. At least the one that was here in the Villages about a month ago for his 15th birthday. He wanted to spent it with us.
They have talked a lot with me about race in the US. And my brother and his wife encountered a lot of racism from both sides because of their mixed marriage. Some of this was in the Villages; and some in St. Petersburg, Pinellas Park, and Tampa. They lived in west Tampa for a while close to a huge confederate flag that we would pass when going to their house.
I met a lot of these people in my younger brother's funeral in Pinellas Park, FL in December of 2014. He had a very troublesome alcohol addiction. He was an extremely talented computer programmer working for banks in the Tampa-St Petersburg area when he was sober.
He was a student of Mrs. Barbara Mitchell at Earl Wooster High School in Reno, Nevada around 1978-1979 so I could talk to him about my 224 613 Project. He met the Tour de France winner Greg LeMond who attended Earl Wooster High School. I had his sister in some of my classes.
Greg LeMond - Wikipedia Tour de France - Wikipedia