Dealing with change in a MultiCultClassics Monologue…
• The Hitler’s Cross restaurant in Mumbai, India, will change its name after protests. For history buffs, while Nazis adopted the swastika as their own, it originated as an ancient Hindu symbol of good luck and is still present throughout India. “Once [people] told me how upset they were with the name, I decided to change it,” said the restaurant owner. “I don’t want to do business by hurting people.” Alternative names probably include Kaddafi’s Kitchen and bin Laden’s Bistro.
• A Louisiana school bus driver has been suspended after ordering Black kids to sit at the back of the vehicle. “All nine [Black] children were assigned to two seats in the back of the bus and the older ones had to hold the smaller ones in their laps,” said one parent. Back to school means back to segregation.
• Following Dell’s record-breaking battery recall, Apple instructed customers to return 1.8 million laptop batteries. Wonder how this might change the debates between the Mac and PC characters in those annoying commercials.
Please don't judge all of Louisiana because of one stupid bus driver. Our schools are probably more desegrated than any other state in the country. My kids don't see color - they see people as unique individuals.
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