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when i was a teenager i had two very special friends, best friends, we were like sisters….Marvette an aboriginal/islander and Prawn or Naomi, a Norfolk Islander, our fave song was ‘Ebony and Ivory’.....i am the Ivory and they are the Ebony…..Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder sing this together here

Even though I was the victim of racial abuse throughout my childhood, (because i was a white child living in a predominently aboriginal community and my father was a policeman) I learned to love and be loved by those in a different aboriginal community…these gorgeous people accepted me, loved me, and made me feel as though we were one people….i can never forget their great love and acceptance of me…..it was a perfect balance for the abuse i’d received earlier in my life, and it helped me to see both sides of the equation…

Here are the lyrics to Ebony and Ivory...i live by this code, let’s teach them to our children and change the mistakes of the past by breeding tolerance:

Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard, oh lord, why dont we?
We all know that people are the same where ever we go
There is good and bad in evryone,
We learn to live, we learn to give
Each other what we need to survive together alive.

Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard, oh lord why dont we?

Ebony, ivory living in perfect harmony
Ebony, ivory, ooh

We all know that people are the same where ever we go
There is good and bad in evryone,
We learn to live, we learn to give
Each other what we need to survive together alive.

Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard, oh lord why dont we?

Ebony, ivory living in perfect harmony

“Ebony and Ivory” message superbly conveyed!! Well done Karin! :D

beautiful sentiment and image, and I have always loved that song :)

So tempting to write a deep and meaningful response but, like all your designs, so pleasant, well-done.
I wonder if Marvette and Prawn will like this cocktail of faces. :)
Jo, Grad. Dip. Ed. St. (Mult.ed.) UNE 1992.

Here is the utube version of Susan’s Birthday Party by Maureen Logan www.metroscreen.org. which is a screenplay/short movie written, directed and produced by old indigenous friends Maureen and Marvette Logan

Well done, Karin!!
Thank you for sharing!!
: ))))

The story about Susan with the red curly hair (as usual) is a little bit related to what I originally wanted to write: At my favourite school, I taught with a fellow whose way with the kids I admired so much. (He had what used to be called the OA class and GA, in high schools.) It was only when, just once I as invited to his parents place that it really registered with me that he was Asian.
He had an Asian name. Looked Asian but it had not really, well, registered with me until then. Sounds corny. Is true.

This is so very cool !!! And loved your descriptions and replies to people…...makes it very real even though its a cartoon ! I lived in Washington D.C. and lets just say you could easily pick me out of the year book :) so I can totally relate~

A lovely version! So cute and creative!

okay so now you tore my heart out and made me cry…........how heart breaking and soul shaking~ I wish sometimes that children were kinder….....I have a little boy who is 4 and I watch him at the playground and sometimes kids are just so mean to him but we have Karen refugees from Burma at our church and you should see the way these children are…....full of love,, acceptance and joy-
I shall raise my son to be kind and thats my way of change :)

Wow, if we just took a little time to think about the consequences of our actions there would be less wounds to heal

.......oh fantastic design by the way!

such happy work…....

Such a SWEET pic and as always wonderful art!

Great !

AWESOME, karin!!!

such a simple style, yet so beautiful. Both of these creations really pull at the heartstrings, especially with all the stories behind them. I can’t imagine how that poor boy’s parents must feel. That’s so sad. I don’t know why people are so mean to each other and scared of people who are different from themselves. It’s been happening far too long and I wish it would stop. We are all one species… isn’t it time we acted like it?

on a happier note… these will look awesome on the walls of bedrooms, kindergartens, child care centres and schools!!! xx GG

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So lovely & so sweet

lovely lovely piece, Karin!! i think people need to learn to get along with each other better eh.. being a mixed breed, i’ve had people manking nasty comments of me in front of me before, thinking that i don’t understand their language.. sigh.. don’t people understand that it’s always better to make allies than enemies?
absolutely love this design, Karin! especially love the message and story that comes along with it. =D

thank you fa, for your thoughtful and thought-provoking response…did you watch the video about the little red haired girl.? She is the daughter of an aboriginal/islander friend of mine…Marvette….Marvette has dark skin and curly black hair, whilst her daughter Sarah has white skin, freckles and red hair!!! I’m so sorry to hear that people have been so rude making nasty comments, it’s so hurtful and ridiculous in this age where tolerance for others is such a very important trait to be encouraged. A lot of people would have mixed race in their genealogy if they traced it back far enough, and this intolerance and disrespect for others is really antiquated.