When we think of forgiveness, we usually think of people who have gone through a traumatic event that might involve losing a loved one and they end up forgiving the perpetrator. But forgiveness isn’t just about forgiving someone who murders your sister- it also has a role in how we deal with one another, especially on the issue of race.
A few days ago, my husband and I were listening to SiriusXM as we drove to a restaurant for dinner. Being members of Generation X, we were listening to the 80s on 8 station which was playing the Top 40 songs for this week in 1982 (they have the OG MTV VJs doing the countdown, but I much better prefer replaying the old Casey Kasem version instead). The #1 song this week 41 years ago was Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder singing “Ebony and Ivory.” Two thoughts came as the song played.
The first one is that it’s a terrible song.
The second one is that I miss the sentiment that the song conveyed.
Dispatches from Dennis 
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