It is hard to embrace difference, but I think it is a start. I hope that our forum will give us all a chance to see how many of us share these feelings. Finding that we are not alone is one of the first steps to freedom. I guess that's why I never spoke out and expressed my feelings also, which are similar to Marlene's. However, I don't think any ethnicic or racial group should feel any resentment for anything that has happened in the past.
Life is too beautiful to feel pain and be hurt by things that happened many years ago.
I think instead of being resentful, we should learn from everyone's mistakes and avoid trying to live in the past. Yes, we have all been discriminated against, and it probably will not stop any time soon, but we can sure try to make a difference. Another thing I wanted to add is that I hope you don't feel bad about the statement that the class discussion was mostly about blacks, because . . . Therefore, if we are shy and don't speak up, then you don't know what we want to learn about. I've emailed you about that you always have work on the website you tell me to look up about it, such as the chicano murals, Eduardo Galeano, and that project in Reno with Mexican students.