David Douglas
My parents were married in 1943, during the middle of World War II. My father was a Black GI, my mother was a small town farm girl from just outside of Ann Arbor Michigan. I was the third of four children. We lived in Chicago and Detroit, never quite belonging anywhere. Although the Black community was more accepting than the White community, we were clearly misfits.
Although for most of my life I have identified Black, I was always uncomfortalbe with the absurdity of calling anyone of my skin color and ethnic heritage "Black." In fact I've always been uncomfortable with color names. I find them both simplistic and divisive.
In the early 1970's I discovered the Baha'i community--an international relgious community devoted to creating a world community based on spiritual principles which appreciates diversity. There are more than 5 million members of the Baha'i Faith around the world, in virtually every country. I feel blessed to counted as a member of this wonderful family. My allegience is to humanity not to any particular race or ethnic group. "The earth is one country, and mankind its citizens."
At this point in time I've written 400 pages of my family history in the form of a memoir which I hope to publish. I welcome suggestions about publishers or agents.