Beautiful words from my friend Maaria. When remembering his legacy, it’s so critical to remember all the hardships he endured, and how he overcame them peacefully and with grace.
What would I tell my four-year-old daughter about Nelson Mandela, in a time when she lives in a country where we have an African-American President? What would I tell her, when she lives in a country where she has the responsibility as a citizen to live in a diverse community, practice tolerance and engage with people different from herself? What would I tell my daughter, who will have the right to vote as a woman, a right to access, accommodation, property and the American Dream? What would I tell my daughter about Nelson Mandela that could possibly come close to framing in the most approximate accurate words the gift that he was? How would I do it when she lives in some way the world of the “haves” and not in the “have nots”?
Well, after much searching, I realized that I would be doing a disservice to Mandela if…
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