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Blue Water Woman magazine tells the inspirational stories of women living, working and playing in the Blue Water/Thumb area of Michigan.

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“We’ve had dialogue during our Bible studies,” she said. “We do

bring it up and have a conversation. Some people have said to me, ‘I

had no idea that was still happening.’”

Living Life as a Family of Color

Totty and her husband – who is African American – have, like

every family of color in the United States, needed to share with their

five, now-grown children, lessons different than those of their white

counterparts.

“It has always been important to us to teach the children that our

culture and races are very important,” she said. “We taught them God

doesn’t make mistakes, and He made us.”

She also taught her children that, no matter what anyone else said to

them, they were entitled to the same opportunities as everyone else.

One of the most difficult lessons to teach, overall, though, was

helping them understand that, no matter how wrong it was, they

needed to consider the following: “Are we going to be profiled when

we walk into a store? This is something people of color face on a daily

basis.

“I had to be concerned about how my kids dressed and how

that would be perceived. These were things we talked about in our

household.

“It is not the same for us.

“I think of it like this: white people exist; people of color survive.”

Working with the Police

Totty and her husband are chaplains for the Port Huron Police

Department, and she noted that the department is very well trained.

However, with regard to the department in Minneapolis, Minnesota,

I had to be concerned about how

my kids dressed and how that would

be perceived.

These were things we talked about

in our household.

It is not the same for us.

I think of it like this: white people exist;

people of color survive.

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