Reply #3: I know how you feel, firedup [View All]

[Number23]

maybe I just need a trip home.

I've been home twice since moving to Australia and every time I go home, I go to the BLACKEST parts of Atlanta that I can find. Beautiful Restaurant, Shrine of the Black Madonna, etc. My husband has seen more of black Atlanta than most black people have. He can tell you every step that Martin and Coretta (who were friends of my grandparents) ever took throughout the city.

I even took him to Sunday dinner at Paschal's. If you're not that familiar with Atlanta, Paschal's is about as black as you can get. It's a soul food restaurant that MLK and all of his folks made famous during the Civil Rights movement and it's five minutes from the AU Center, Atlanta's hub of HBCU's (Morehouse, Spelman etc.) My hubby was the only white man in that whole joint. :rofl: Girl, if we go somewhere and I even see a white face other than my husband's we are out of there! :)

I so hear you about feeling lost. But please keep buying those books for your son. Keep talking to him about his history. Even if it looks like he's not listening, he may surprise you.