Where I learned Black lives matter

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Published by Michael Durbin

I'm a software engineering manager in the banking industry and I like to write. My wife Becky Broun and I live in Carrboro, North Carolina.

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  1. My father worked in downtown St. Louis and we live and I grew up in West St. Louis county. His co-workers were predominantly African American and we spent a lot of time with all of them. A lot of kids in my neighborhood were ingrained with the racism that plagues our society today. I never understood why. My father always said that those other people I knew were ignorant to other races. His co-worker and good friend grew up very poor in Mississippi. He would tell us about the racism he endured as a kid and the racism he still endured. When he passed away, my parents and my 2 brothers and sister drove down to Mississippi to bury him. Literally. They were so poor that we dug the grave for this wonderful man who wanted only to be accepted by everyone. Thank you Mr. Durbin for such a wonderful article and for sharing the words of your father with us. He would be proud.

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