It's the season for holiday cheer, and if you are white and elected in Boston, you are probably not invited to the Mayor's Christmas bash. Yeah, she's throwing something called an "Elected of Color" party this year. That sounds horrible, and it is because racism is racism wherever it rears its ugly head.
I am reminded of office parties that I never got to go to, simply because as public safety staff, someone had to work the duty posts. Cops, jailers, and to another degree, nurses and medical professionals don't get to go to parties that are scheduled during a shift. The true professionals are generally at work while the big shots go to receptions, parties, and gatherings. For soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines, Christmas is a bittersweet day.
It's not the parties so much, but working on the holiday itself. For young parents, especially, not being there when the kids awake on Christmas morning.
So, we'll let the mayor of Boston put her racism on high display while the true professionals work. SHe has that privilege. For myself, an old, retired fart who has been there, done that, we will enjoy the season with the people we choose to invite. Belle and I are hosting a gathering tomorrow of our shooting club, where we will give out the annual awards, enjoy a meal together, and start preparing for our family gathering the following week.
2 comments:
One of my younger brothers used to be a firefighter.
They got a call on Easter morning. A young couple in a Grand Am left the road at a high rate of speed and reshaped it into a boom-a-rang around a utility pole.
No fatalities. The cheesy plastic interior crumpled and wrapped around the couple. There were a few tense moments but God must have been watching out for them.
I cannot imagine what it would be like to be working and to come across fellow co-workers in that situation.
and her husband is white
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