http://paulstephenlim.com/archives/898 BEING A PERSONAL MEMOIR IN FLUX Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:22:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://paulstephenlim.com/archives/898/comment-page-1#comment-138 Paul Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:55:52 +0000 http://paulstephenlim.com/?p=898#comment-138 Thank you for sharing the story. Thank you for sharing the story.

]]> http://paulstephenlim.com/archives/898/comment-page-1#comment-137 Ione Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:51:56 +0000 http://paulstephenlim.com/?p=898#comment-137 We too soon forget that all of us have a mixture of colors and cultures in our background. Mine includes American Indian only three generations removed and I've always been proud of that in spite of the fact that I don't look like I have that heritage. I once said to a white woman when she was telling me her husband was an Indian and she had four sons. I knew one of the sons and ignorantly said..."well, my goodness he doesn't look like an Indian". The woman replied as politely as she could, ..."that didn't make him any less Indian or white for that matter." I have kept that in my heart ever since because we all need to acknowledge that the color of our skin does not make us who we are as it is just one of the many factors in the mix. We too soon forget that all of us have a mixture of colors and cultures in our background. Mine includes American Indian only three generations removed and I’ve always been proud of that in spite of the fact that I don’t look like I have that heritage. I once said to a white woman when she was telling me her husband was an Indian and she had four sons. I knew one of the sons and ignorantly said…”well, my goodness he doesn’t look like an Indian”. The woman replied as politely as she could, …”that didn’t make him any less Indian or white for that matter.” I have kept that in my heart ever since because we all need to acknowledge that the color of our skin does not make us who we are as it is just one of the many factors in the mix.

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