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June 3, 2020
I Grew Up With This
I grew up hearing my parents tell the stories of their lives each one had at least two sides
it didn’t even strike me odd that though they came from Holland they made sure I didn’t hate Germans
I grew up going to a church teaching salvation came from the Jews through the God Who became as us
it didn’t even strike me odd that in my Dutch-Canadian community we wouldn’t believe otherwise
I grew up attending a school where no matter who you were you came from somewhere else
it didn’t even strike me odd that though each of us was different the teachers treated us the same
I grew up watching Captain Kirk Spock, McCoy, Scotty Uhura, Chekov and Sulu
it didn’t even strike me odd that not all of them were white or male and Roddenberry made sure it didn’t matter
I grew up, was taught these lessons was shown that each of us is precious no matter who or what or where we are
One of the most impressive speeches I’ve heard was this one by Gene Roddenberry, speaking through James Kirk: “Among my people, we carry many such words as this from many lands, many worlds. Many are equally good and are as well respected. But wherever we have gone, no words have said this thing of importance in quite this way. Look at these three words written larger than the rest, with a special pride never written before or since; tall words proudly saying: ‘We The People.’ [This] was not written for the chiefs of kings, or the warriors, or the rich, or the powerful -- but for all the people! … They must apply to everyone, or they mean nothing!”
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