Dear Rita Mae
Brown,
Downton Abbey
captured the hearts of people who have captured mine. Thus began my interest in
the show. Teddy gifted me with seasons 1-4 and it hooked me early on. Show after
show, the characters’ lives unfold, from the 1910’s to the 1920’s.
I find it difficult
at times to watch the class divisions, but interesting how year after year, a
thread of humanness weaves its way from individual to individual, regardless of
their class. One character, a young white female of standing, becomes
infatuated with a man of color. In the commentary, behind the scenes creators
share how hard it is to imagine such a time when this relationship was
unacceptable and dangerous.
Here in 2015,
when our news is filled with crimes of prejudice, when friends email each other
about rising above hate crimes by sharing kindness, when Facebook posts honor
the deaths of those who dared to be different or question the system, it is
unfortunately all too easy to imagine.
Progress is too
slow when the luxury of time holds the cost of lives lost.
Respect, kindness
and peace, to one and all,
Loraine
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