{"id":8689,"date":"2017-07-25T10:33:33","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T14:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=8689"},"modified":"2017-07-25T10:44:25","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T14:44:25","slug":"40th-wedding-anniversary-relates-to-race-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/40th-wedding-anniversary-relates-to-race-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"40th Wedding Anniversary Relates to Race in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/FireShot-Screen-Capture-144-40th-Wedding-Anniversary-Relates-to-Race-in-America-canadafreepress_com_article_40th-wedding-anniversary-relates-to-race-in-america.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8690\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/FireShot-Screen-Capture-144-40th-Wedding-Anniversary-Relates-to-Race-in-America-canadafreepress_com_article_40th-wedding-anniversary-relates-to-race-in-america.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/FireShot-Screen-Capture-144-40th-Wedding-Anniversary-Relates-to-Race-in-America-canadafreepress_com_article_40th-wedding-anniversary-relates-to-race-in-america.png 615w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/FireShot-Screen-Capture-144-40th-Wedding-Anniversary-Relates-to-Race-in-America-canadafreepress_com_article_40th-wedding-anniversary-relates-to-race-in-america-300x165.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong><em>Despite the insidious hate-generating lies of Black Lives Matter and fake news media, we have come a long ways baby in regards to race relations<\/em> <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Canada Free Press<\/strong><br \/>\nby Lloyd Marcus<br \/>\n7\/25\/2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>Excerpt:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Sunday, July 23, 2017, was Mary and my 40th wedding anniversary. We celebrated at our favorite sushi restaurant. I enjoyed sashimi (raw fish without rice). Over 40 years ago, I brought this outspoken hippie blonde home to meet my black parents. Dad was a Methodist minister. I instructed Mary not to speak, confident she would say something to offend them.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Entering my parent\u2019s home, Mary asked what is that horrible smell? I said that is dinner. Mom was cooking my favorite hog maws and chitterlings.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Dad was the pastor of our all black community\u2019s Methodist Church. His eldest son dating a white girl was embarrassing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Upon meeting me, Mary\u2019s grandma said, \u201cLloyd is nice, But couldn\u2019t you have found a nice white boy to marry?\u201d As fate would have it, Mary\u2019s grandma later succumbed to Alzheimer\u2019s disease. The only family member she recognized was me. Excited, she would yell, \u201cLLOYD\u201d and give me a hug.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>God really did right by me, gifting me with Mary; my greatest fan. I can honestly say I would not be who I am today had I married anyone else. I wrote and recorded a song to Mary many moons ago titled, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/lloydmarcus\/song\/12779569-when-i-look-in-your-eyes?pwc%5Bbranded%5D=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">When I Look In Your Eyes<\/a>.\u201d The lyrics of the song are truer today than when I wrote them 30 years ago.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><strong>View the complete article including image, links and comments at:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/canadafreepress.com\/article\/40th-wedding-anniversary-relates-to-race-in-america\">http:\/\/canadafreepress.com\/article\/40th-wedding-anniversary-relates-to-race-in-america<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>=============================================<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"American Tea Party Anthem (with words) by Lloyd Marcus\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q1byTDgu7iA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the insidious hate-generating lies of Black Lives Matter and fake news media, we have come a long ways baby in regards to race relations Canada Free Press by Lloyd Marcus 7\/25\/2017 Excerpt: Sunday, July 23, 2017, was Mary and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/40th-wedding-anniversary-relates-to-race-in-america\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8689"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8693,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8689\/revisions\/8693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}