My mother was a Annie Oakly Calamity Jane wannabe. Never left the house without her pearl handled 38S&W. She was good .Kolled two water moccasins at the creek. Its hard to hit a small moving head of a snake she did it with just one shot each. They didn't bite me just stood up and gave me a in your face warning. I was stomping the rugs out over rocks creek ran over and two snakes appeared out in front of me. It was a Lords Last Supper Wall rug. I was singing stomp the bread but don't stomp the wine. So I got a beating from mama for blashemy too.
Mr Washington also said, "If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else." Wish that were a poster in all the schools. I always told my kids a lot of people put others down to try to lift themselves up. But I also wish schools would teach kids to find something they can become good at and/or enjoy. Certainly not to put down white kids to lift up people of color. Wonder what Mr Washington would have said about THAT.