Racism – The Day I Learned of its Existence

My daughters tell me I can be naive because I am admittedly surprised by these stories of blatant racism.  How could this still be going on in this day and age?  But here we are – I guess I am naive, but I am learning.  I wasn’t taught about racism growing up.  I don’t know how much it was talked about in anyone’s home in my generation – it wasn’t in mine. So it hits me, I am going to tell my story of the day I  learned that racism existed….