I still remember this important lesson of life.

Another little true story, never before posted here.

It's all that I can do to hold back about some blacks today; the violent BLM, highly paid black idiot athletes, the Sharptons, the looters, and all who think that there is no problem with this BS because the blacks were crap on for many years and are to be excused.

And then I pause.....................And I remember ...Tack.. Here it is. I make no apologies for my deceased friend.

“Tack”

When I retired from my company I started walking at a local Mall for exercise. I met an man there who helped reaffirm my thinking. His name was Walker (easy to remember.) He went by the name of “Tack”

Tack was from Selma Alabama. When we walked together, we learned a lot about each other. I learned that he got in trouble when he was a kid. He didn't say what and I didn't ask.

Tack was a retiree from a local steel plant where he worked as a crane operator. He also was a landlord having a number of homes that he rented. Although Tack talked differently and didn't have much of an education, he was worldly wise in human nature. Many of the things that Tack told me I took with a grain of salt (at first) but, as time went on, I knew them to be the truth. One example: Tack said that when he retired after 30 some years on the job, the plants governing board passed the hat and gave him 1,000 bucks because of his service., It was true.

As I got to know him, I asked him a question. I knew that he and his wife had travelled a lot. The question was, “Tack, have you ever seen discrimination in your travels.? You see, Tack was black.
He said.............”No”. Now Tack was a truly friendly and outgoing guy who was in charge of the baptismal fount at his local Baptist church. I thought............He wasn't looking for it and thus didn't see it. even though it might have been there.

I knew Tack about four years until he died. I went to his wake at the Mount Ararat Baptist church. I was amazed to see a number of firetrucks there and then found out why. You see, Tack had regularly contributed donations to first responders and many of them were there, in full uniform, to pay their respect to this humble and honest man..

Since Tack and his wife came to our son's wedding and we had gone to their son's wedding, the family knew me and I was greeted by them and made to feel at home.

I often have wondered that if a past recent president would've had the same attitude as down to earth Tack, maybe our present day rift wouldn't be a rift but something more along the lines of my previous post about Paul's Letter to the Corinthians. (posted elsewhere)not here.

We'll never know.