Remember

Remember

The Journey to School Integration

By Toni Morrison

Houghton Mifflin Company

Copyright 2004

pp. 78

Remember

The Journey to School Integration

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     Remember The Journey to School Integration is a profound and moving book. Remembering is an important action one must do, as not to forget the past and repeat the same mistakes. Morrison helped me to realize the importance of taking responsibility for one’s own actions. How often does one tell his or her children one thing, but behave in the opposite manner? If children live with bullying, are they more likely to become a bully themselves? Are friends and their views more important than standing up for what one knows is right? These are all questions I had while reading this stirring picture book.

     I could not believe the hatred of many people shown in these emotional pictures. As Morrison asked, “Why are they afraid of me?” I feel people often label others because they are afraid of what they do not know. The picture and text on page twenty-three reminded me of my own children on their first day of school and their feelings of wanting to belong. I believe everyone wants to belong and everyone is afraid of not belonging. This book reminds us that we each want the very best for our children and sometimes it just takes one person to make the change.