From my child-hood on up.
Some of these "things" I didn't put to heart until after certain events in life.....
"All I've got whats right in front of me, these are the people that I see and the places that I've been."
I've encountered this thing called having "german realtives" since.....well....since I existed....BUT I have relatives......I didn't see them until I got older.....and I didn't even take "two steps" and the middle eastern heritage relative thing already spotted me.....and before I could even speak "two words" these social things started developing, into well, what ever it develops into (ie. people who were babies may not recall the holocaust survival, but someone else knows what was going on....same with boarding school era etc.)
When I was about "four" well, then there was a multi-culture community near my home, and I recall a memory in this town. This may have some influence, but really family-connections are the STRONGER force than the "community" connections. The family connection that is influenced in a positive or -neutral- way is better than negative ways (ie. Sharia laws kind of way). Basically, the community doesn't know who I know, even though they may assume things.
And now.....my in-laws and relatives include......a more expanded -family circle- including those from Africa ancestry......even if all the family doesn't get along or agree on this and that. Some in-laws even went to Israel......
In all honesty, it is BETTER to say -nothing- than to speak about people you or I do not -know- at a real deep personal level. I never really PERSONALLY had a lot of interaction with people of african-american-minority (or others) at a FAMILY or PERSONAL level. I know they have had lots of problems (like I am very sad for the things Sojourner Truth went through etc). But I shouldn't really "write" about a lot of those issues if I don't quite have a PERSONAL "private life" kind of understanding of things. The bible indicates that King David's family had "problems".......and a wise person KNOWS that those were not such good things......and its all taken "personally."
KNOW JESUS (or Yeshua) is the best thing.....really it is. Believe me on that one. Think of it like an "Amish" guy who really doesn't want a lot of worldly influence, but seeks divine influences. The book of -Jeremiah- was written by a young man. He didn't have a lot of time in his life to interact with "that many" people, but he KNEW there was "sin" in the hearts of men at the time of his capture.
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