Have you hugged a "black guy" today??

Ok, so that sounds horribly racist, I'm sure, but some African Americans do prefer the term "black." So, it's African American history month, so go ahead--I'm sure your husbands won't mind! Though, I can't speak for the African American man you should happen to chose! So, I had an instructor in college and she was super-cool. She always had a way of sorta bouncing into class with her dred-locks and she had a way of making you laugh while you learned something important. She was not an African American studies teacher, she was a communications teacher. And she was a no-bones kinda person...she called it like she saw it--black, white or otherwise. African American history month was one thing she did not like. From her position, why did we need a month? Can't we learn about it all year long? And, she had a point. We don't have "White History" month in our grade schools--it's all the time! Here we are, still stuck in our Darwinistic ways! You know Darwin--the we came from monkeys guy?? His big theory was Natural Selection, which is that we slowly--veeerrry slooowly--evolve based on the survival of the fittest (another theory). So, a few days before Feb. 1, the first day of the history month that should not be, I came across this article. It was actually about fleas. So, I'm sure you are wondering just what in the world that has to do with anything and WHY in the world Angie was actually READING it??! Well, because the fleas had helmets, of course! Huh?? Some of these fleas were born with this hard exoskeletal crust on their heads--except there were no actual genes for this. All of these fleas were genetically identical. But, the fleas with helmets were born to mothers who had been in dangerous environments--whatever dangerous might be to a flea, I'm not sure. Anyway! The big question is HOW can this happen? They didn't EVOLVE these helmets? No. There wasn't any genetic pre-disposition for being crust-melons? No. Well, so, apparently, these mama fleas used their magic powers and saved their babies from future flea danger by willing these things on their babies heads cuz we all know fleas are simply abounding in maternal instinct and all, right? Apparently, studies on mice and humans have also recently showed some odd, anti-Darwinistic findings as well. Which flies in the face of modern genetic science and brings into question a whole slew of other theories--the monkey thing, the Big Bang, etc.
So, what does this have to do with African America history month? Well, not only can Darwin's theories not be used as a basis for racism, they don't seem to be worth the paper they were written on! I have often said that, if we came from monkeys, how come there are still monkeys? Wasn't it like, an evolve or die kinda thing? But, if we did, then, why aren't those monkeys STILL evolving? Or is Tarzan the missing link? The way it was phrased by one reader, Why haven't sharks ever grown legs and walked out of the ocean yet?? He is quite right! The missing link has never been found because there isn't one! Though, my first husband was a strong candidate in the running for awhile!! The truth is, we did not evolve--we have always been people! If anything, we have DE-evolved! Have you ever read the Bible? Those people were not one step up from cavepeople--they were extremely intelligent. Now, go read some of the posts on my student Web site! Some of these people can't manage to put 3 words together in the appropriate order to form a sentence!! Unless it's maybe, "I want beer" or something, cuz I swear some of them are drunk when they do their homework! Heck, I might be, too, judging by some of the stuff I come up with--but at least I spell everything right (usually) and I follow the adjective-noun-verb-adverb pattern pretty accurately! Truth is, the people who wrote the Bible were WAAY smarter than us. So, if you move on down through history, and take a look at some of the historical writings from colonial America, you start to wonder what happened. Every author had his own personal spelling for every word!
So, how did all of us de-evolving grammatically challenged non-monkeys get here? Check the Bible again. Mold did not come alive and slither onto a beach somewhere trailing green goo and get struck by lightning! I promise! And, we are not the offspring or design of some aliens who escaped an exploding planet somewhere! I promise that, too, and hopefully, I will not become the target of a band of half-crazed Trekkies for saying so! GOD put us here, fleas and all! And yes, God created differing races. Not as being unequal in any way, though. Genesis 11:6 says we were building the Tower of Babel and so God scattered us and confounded our languages so we couldn't work together. There were apparently some forefathers in the Bible who had wives from Africa and this was not a sin. Christianity actually originated in Africa--not Europe. I believe it is coming back around and the "races" are coming together, here in America, once again. And, just think of what we can accomplish if we are united?? But, no towers, please!
So, now the only question I have is, why are there so many cavemen in today's world? Until we re-evolve--or whatever you want to call it, we will never get to where we are supposed to be!
So, here's my poem about it I wrote many years ago (1995 I believe)
The Tower
Flakes gently settling to the ground.
A blanket of snow,
To warm the heart,
And embrace the soul.
Softly,
Quietly,
The spirit of love.
The joy brought by an infant's smile,
The tenderness held in a parent's arms,
The hope found in a child's eyes,
The peace of knowing we're all one.
Brightly,
Truly,
The signs of love.
Antiquity woven with ribbon and lace,
Hand-in-hand, brothers in grace...

So, now, about that hug...