[Melody]

The term ‘people of color’ definitely applies to me. My mother is white, my father black (though these, too, are labels since neither my mother’s or father’s skin tone corresponds to what’s in the Crayola box). My daughter is part Native American and is most definetely ‘of color,’ and what a lovely color she is. The term ‘people of color’ is just a way for folks to identify, either themselves or others. Although, as far as I’m concerned, it certainly lumps many, many people of many, many colors into one big pot. I am not one to be labelled, but there is the need for a label when we speak in generalities. We need a label, in any language, to be clear, or as close as we can get to clear, on what we are speaking of. ‘People of Color’ is a far better term than ‘darkies’ or ‘spics’ wouldn’t you say? Personally, I consider all people to be ‘people of color.’ For those who choose not to identify with the term, that’s fine. For those that do, that’s fine, too. (I’m more apt to be offended by the ‘other’ category box that I find on questionnaires.)Anyway, I kind of get a kick out of buying shampoo that is labelled ‘For Women of Color.’ Makes me feel kind of special to be in that big old pot. (P.S. ‘…genitalia a different color’? Gee, guess this person needs a life or something.)

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Name : Melody, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/White, Religion : Pagan, Age : 42, City : Edmond, State : OK, Country : United States, Occupation : education, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class, 

[Melody]

According to those who believe in the Goddess, Europe was once inhabited by a matriarchal, egalitarian society. (Women gave birth and this was seen as something divine and powerful, in an otherworldly sense, before men figured out that women didn’t do this alone.) Europeans, they claim, worshipped a matrifocal, sedentary, peaceful, art-loving goddess 5,000 to 25,000 years before the rise of the first male-oriented religion. They maintain that this egalitarian culture was overrun and destroyed by a semi-nomadic, horse-riding, Indo- European group of invaders who were patrifocal, mobile,warlike, and indifferent to art. The matriarchal religion of the early settlers was eventually assimilated into the patriarchal religion of the invaders. According to Merlin Stone, author of ‘When God Was a Woman,’ (a good book, by the way) the disenthronement of the Great Goddess, begun by the Indo-European invaders, was finally accomplished by the Hebrew, Christian, and Moslem religions that arose later. The male deity took the prominent place. The female Goddess faded into the background, and women in society followed suit. The Goddess is worshipped as the feminine life force deeply connected to nature and fertility, responsible both for creating life and for destroying life. The Goddess, Gaia, or Mother Earth is viewed as a biosystem. In other words, She is a living and evolving being that has a spiritual destiny. Christianity teaches that God is transcendent, is separate from nature, and is represented to humankind through masculine imagery. Goddess worship holds a pantheistic view of God. God is nature, therefore God is in all things and all things are a part of God. However, this God is a Goddess. The goddess may be seen as a metaphor that reminds us of the female side of spirituality. Metaphors are important. You can’t know God directly. You can only know images of God, and each image or metaphor is a door. Some doors are open and others are closed.A door that is only male is only half open. There are many people who follow Goddess worship. Some attend churches that are specifically Goddess oriented, others do not. Others worship in solitary practice. I attend Channing Unitarian Universalist Church every Sunday. Here I am free to walk my own spiritual path since there are a diverse array of paths under one roof, and all are welcomed and cherished for their diversity.

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Name : Melody, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/White, Religion : Pagan, Age : 42, City : Edmond, State : OK, Country : United States, Occupation : education, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class, 

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