Voices of Reason and Support for Diversity Prevail

Yesterday I wrote about a mural on the wall of a local Prescott, AZ school--Miller Valley Middle School--featuring the "portraits of four children, with a Hispanic boy as the dominant figure" had been the focus of much racist discourse and was being altered to make the faces on the mural appear caucasian.

Well, I am pleased to report, today, that the principal of Miller Valley Middle School, Jeff Lane, and the Superintendent Kevin Kapp admitted "they made a mistake and apologized for their decision to lighten children's faces on the mural"; they told a boisterous crowd that the mural would be returned to its original form that honors the diversity of the students at the school.

Let's hear it for the protester who spoke out against Miller's decision and who stood for diversity over hate:

I am so pleased to be able to write about something good happening in Arizona.

Could this be the beginning of more protests against the racists who have crawled out from under their rocks to spew their hate? Doc aptly identifies them as cockroaches. Maybe this is the beginning of their extermination.

One can always hope, and this story gives me the opportunity to do just that.

Thanks you Prescott protesters.