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African American Vignette #11 During the 2003 war on Iraq I went to an interfaith peace rally at the Federal Building in San Francisco. After I joined a group of people singing peace songs, the leader of the group asked me to pass out some song sheets. We were singing in a busy area, and I didn't really know who was there to attend the rally so I just went along asking people if they wanted a song sheet. I came to an older African American man wearing a fedora hat and a suit jacket who I thought looked out of place. I asked him, with a slight edge in my voice, if he intended to stay for the rally since the song sheets were only for those staying. He took a sheet saying he planned to stay. I felt awkward about the interaction realizing that I had treated him differently from other people. He was the only African-American in the crowd, and I assumed he didnít belong there. Later I introduced myself to him and apologized for treating him rudely. He smiled and told me he forgave me.
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