Throwback

It is 2009. Of this fact, I am quite sure.

Then I read the headlines in the news. And for a moment, it feels as if we've gone back in time about 40 years.

It's funny. We claim to be such a great nation - liberty and opportunity for all, a place where anyone's dreams can come true. But apparently, we are still not above looking at a group of black children and deciding we don't want to associate with *their* kind.

So far, my children are being taught better. They support the rights of women, of minorities, of gays and lesbians.

But why must we wait until they are in charge before things change?