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posted by Dennison..Mann on March 2, 2005 at 6:33 AM | link to this | reply

Great post, very nicely written

and a great point.  I have a gothic daughter.  She was this cute little blond haired baby, and now, died black hair, and wears all black.  She's very pale now too so the black hair is all the more striking.  And while she was in high school it was Marilyn Manson t-shirts all the way, and she did this really cool makeup thing there for a long time.

I didn't get it what she was going through at school until after Columbine, since she was in high school in the same county here in Colorado at the time.  But then after that going to the movies or anything with her and I began to notice people staring.  Young people pointing and talking behind their hands.  And I began to get angry.  Wait staff at movies or the mall will wait on me, but not her.  Why?  Because she wears black?

One night we were in the grocery store and this young man -- in his mid-twenties, with dreadlocks and tan dockers and this nice polo shirt comes up to my daughter and tells her that he just had to come talk to her and tell her about his special relationship with Jesus.  Oh man.  What is it with these people?  They are just as guilty of making snap judgements about people as everyone else is.  How completely unChristian they are!!!!  Just because she's wearing all black, she must be a satan worshiper and has to be SAVED.  Give me a break.  And this look comes accross her face, this look of such disgust and hurt.  It just broke my heart.  She told him "Dude, no, just go away." And he left.

Worrywort................

posted by worrywort on March 16, 2004 at 11:17 PM | link to this | reply