It Takes A Village to Raise a Child. This ancient African proverb teaches eternal truth. No man, woman, or family is an island. But in these the lean and mean 1990s, community isn't always what it is supposed to be. This isn't always what we experience.
People often retreat behind closed and double locked doors and try to ignore their neighbors.
Politicians preach envy and hate, dividing us further instead of working for reconciliation. During the Depression, there was plenty of poverty and misery. Jim Crow segregation viciously discriminated against peaceful, industrious, law-abiding citizens. The very face of the earth seemed turned against us, as the skies were darkened by the choking dust storms of the 1930s. People had many reasons to feel sorry for themselves.