The stuff I read...

So, I was perusing this town's excuse for a newspaper on Sunday. There were a couple interesting stories. The first that I wanted to share was about a woman with cancer who was summoned to jury duty. She apparently sent medical documentation as well as had her doctor call the juror's office to get a deferment. The bureaucratic madness that followed was classic. The woman was told that the office couldn't accept her doctor's word and needed her to release her medical records. She hesitated and of course got into trouble. The long and the short of it was that after an inquiry the head of the juror's office said that he had already given the woman a deferment and it was her fault that she did not know this because she should have called to ask. He stated that his office does not have the manpower to get in touch with people to tell them the disposition of their cases. Gosh, golly do you think he really had already given her a deferment?

The second story of interest involved interracial relationships. Silly me, I expected something new in this story after reading the headline. The story pictured a couple of about 80 years (Japanese/Caucasian), one in their thirties (Cambodian/African American) and one in college (African American/Caucasian). This had to be the saddest crap I have ever read. They asked each couple all of two questions each. The answers were; blah, blah, blah it was hard then but, it's better now... And the second answer was; blah, blah,blah, our families did not like it then but they are okay now... The very disturbing issue for me is that after reading the first two sentences I new the article would be stupid which might explain why I put it away and came back to it 6 hours later. I however did not know how stupid.

It was clear to me that the article was not about interracial relationships at all after reading further. It was merely an avenue to present an unusual family photo for a judgemental town to do what it does best, judge. The photo I am referring to was of the black woman and her Cambodian husband's family. Apparently, they are Muslim, the wife has lesbian mothers (one white, one black), the husband's sister is married to a middle eastern Muslim and there are a couple three children in the mix. I believe that this was exploitation in that only the one couple in the photo was interviewed. So, I asked, what was the significance here? The other couples only had photos of themselves and not their entire united nations clan.

I thought it was a beautiful thing! People who married people they love and extended and created a wonderful family. On second thought maybe this is news.