I was talking to two acquaintances yesterday and mentioned that my kids had insisted that I take them to Dairy Queen for Martin Luther King Day. I said something like, "I don't know what the connection is between Dairy Queen and Martin Luther King Day, but it made sense to them." One of the women started to say, "Fried--" and then stopped herself, but that was enough, wasn't it?
And this is not a nasty, mean-spirited woman. Quite the opposite, actua!ly. I don't know her well, but I know that she has dedicated her life to helping special needs adults, and that she is a passionate advocate for them. She's a good person. But she had to go out of her way for this, didn't she? Racism aside, it's not like Dairy Queen is primarily known as a fried chicken place. Her brain had to take a couple of right turns to get there.
So where is at to get to this?
And how to we get it out of our bones?
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