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CAN RACISM BE OVERCOME?
Robert Lee Morrison, age 74, lives alone in the old farmhouse he's
lived in most of his life. His wife Betty died eight years ago, and
their only son, Bobby, died in Vietnam after stepping on a mine.
Robert has reluctantly agreed to sell the farm, but not before
renovating the old place himself.
Malcolm Johnson is just 17, but after his mother died a month ago,
Malcolm found himself without a place to live. He secretly moves
into a small, empty house on Mr. Morrison's property while he saves
money for college.
When Robert learns that a young black kid is living on his
property, he decides to take care of the problem himself. Robert
once had a reputation for dealing with blacks outside the law. But
when he confronts Malcolm, he is surprised to find himself
sympathetic to the young man's situation. Robert decides to hire
Malcolm to help with the house renovation.
Robert begins to admire Malcolm's attitude and work ethic -
something he thought was sorely lacking in today's youth. But will
that admiration be enough to convince Robert to let go of his
lifelong racism and hate?
And, more importantly, will he finally be able to forgive himself
for his past?
Based on interviews and field research, the authors explore the
sets of ideas Arab tribespeople from Ras Al-Khaimah had about tribe
and community; social and economic networks, and jural contracts
for livelihoods and profits; their uses of their environments; the
moral relations of credit, debt and labour; ruling; economic and
political transformations; and ideas of regional history where
conflicts were regarded as disputes over sets of ideas, and
informal accounts of tribal and local histories. Their lively
descriptions and explanations of life before oil portrayed tribal
societies whose relationships were moral rather than political and
were between jurally equal persons. All lived from their own
resources; 'wealth' was material self-sufficiency; 'riches' the
richness of social relationships. Political arenas were
decentralised and underpinned by common cultural and moral values.
Published sources give a wider context to these ideas and events
which show the great complexity and differing perspectives of 'life
before oil' in the Gulf.
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