Hannah joined me in watching the movie "Amazing Grace" on Netflix streaming. The movie tells the story of how the song was written by John Newton, a slave trader. It was a very good movie, a bit graphic in spots, but I don't think the ugliness of the past should be hidden from children. How will they learn from history if they don't know what happened?
She has been so unexposed to the ugliness of racism that all she could do is ask, over and over again, "But why, Mom? Why would people do that to other people? They're just people with different skin!"
I'm glad she can't understand. There is nothing to understand about one color of man hating another color...as if anyone has any control over the color God has given them!
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