by Calsue Murray

Created on: January 15, 2009   Last Updated: March 10, 2009

Mutts

My siblings and I have been thought of as: "mutts;" "mongrels;" "misfits;" or "miss-be-gotten" breeds.

We are native-born Americans who happen to be a mixture of African-American, Native-American and European-American descent.

We and millions of folks like us empathize with President-Elect Obama.

We surmise that Mr. Obama, while enduring the inevitable slurs, taunts, and insults of ignorant, mal-intentioned fellow humans, has wished as often as we have that he could enlighten those persons who cast aspersions, call names and hurl insults.

The words and actions of our President-Elect convince us that he would join in efforts to disabuse such persons of their misunderstandings and motivate them to replace their bad thoughts and negative actions with loving considerations for all of their fellow humans.

If we surmise correctly, President-elect Osama's apparently off-handed use of the term "Mutt", in reference to himself, was anything but accidental or un-intentioned.

We think that Mr. Obama desires that everyone, everywhere gain knowledge and appreciation of the fact that there are no "non-mutts" among us, anywhere!

It is actual fact that the "Human Family" is now virtually wholly composed of composites of human types. We believe that, from the beginning, this has been an important part of "Mother Nature's" grand design for living beings.

From the beginning, diverse groups of humans, though scattered around the planet, have developed and practiced customs that allow them to avoid the pitfalls of in-breeding. Also, from the beginning, Mother Nature has awarded the "perks" of greater, strength, health, intellect and longevity to the "Mutts" among, her life forms.

"Pure Bloodedness" is a delusional concept perpetrated by persons who seek to manipulate and control the thinking and actions of easily-fooled bigots among us. The unrelenting aim seems to be to gain power, influence and authority that will allow vast numbers of people to be victimized for political/monetary gain.

It was a surprise of monumental proportions when The President-Elect referred to himself as a "Mutt." Our surprise quickly became monumental delight and appreciation as we realized what the beneficial effect of his use of that word, in that way, would be.

The counter-bigotry effects of The President-Elect's referring to himself as a "Mutt" are equivalent to the beneficial effects of African-Americans reversing the stigma of being called "Blacks," when we learned to say, "I'm Black and I'm Proud!"

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