In late July 1973, Joseph Crachiola was wandering the streets of Mount Clemens, Mich., a suburb of Detroit, with his camera. As a staff photographer for the Macomb Daily, he was expected to keep an eye out for good feature images — “those little slices of life that can stand on their own.”
The slice of life he caught that day was a picture of five young friends in a rain-washed alley in downtown Mount Clemens. And what distinguishes it are its subjects: three black children, two white ones, giggling in each others’ arms.
“It was just one of those evenings,” Crachiola remembers. “I saw these kids — they were just playing around. And I started shooting some pictures of them. At some point, they saw me and they all turned and looked at me and struck that pose that you see in the picture. It was totally spontaneous. I had nothing to do with the way they arranged themselves.”
Crachiola, who now lives in New Orleans, posted the vintage photo on his Facebook page.
“For me, it still stands as one of my most meaningful pictures,” he wrote in his post. “It makes me wonder… At what point do we begin to mistrust one another? When do we begin to judge one another based on gender or race? I have always wondered what happened to these children. I wonder if they are still friends.”
Source: npr.org
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Perfect.
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Beautiful picture and words… Love it.
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Answer to the question: as soon as the adults get involved.
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Beautiful. Reblogging on Nutsrof
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amazing..
As per answering the question: I think that mistrust, or judgment for other people has it roots first in our families (the way they teach us), and then continues with the society in general (friends, school, neighborhood, etc)…
Thinking this.. It is sad how these angelic children grow up, form their personalities, and lose all the “angelness” within.
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Bigotry and hatred have to be carefully taught. This is the premise of the musical play and movie “South Pacific” in which Oscar Hammerstein’s song “You’ve got to be carefully taught” is a life lesson for all. You can also carefully teach the converse of “treat others like you want to be treated,” paraphrasing Jesus’ Golden Rule which also appears in some form in many religious texts.
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http://musingsofanoldfart.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/bigotry-youve-got-to-be-carefully-taught/
I found the piece I wrote about a year and a half ago on the Hammerstein’s song. I wrote this after seeing a documentary on how he was able to get the topic of racism discussed in a musical in the 1950s.
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This is a good one … can anyone say when mistrust DOES start?
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One of the greatest posts I’ve ever read. Reblogged it on http://www.erikakind.wordpress.com
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I am so glad I came across this today! thanks for posting!
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Awesome!! THIS is what it’s all about! ❤
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Love it! You know, current culture of outrage notwithstanding, most people don’t automatically mistrust people who are different from them in some way. I love this photo though and the question is still valid. namaste
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Children learn racism and discrimination from their parents. What a lovely photo to remind us that sometimes children can learn tolerance and friendship with all people. 😀
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Beautiful snap . It reminds me of the old saying . “Child is the father of man “
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An amazing testimony to the richness contained in the human spirit before it is contaminated by its environment.
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