With Dignity: A Hundred Word Story

“Your judgement means nothing,” I said in reply. “There are things you can do to harm me or my family. You can devise punishments and humiliations to suit yourself. But in the end we will continue our lives in a fashion that will reflect the heritage we have grown up with. We will die, if necessary, with all the dignity we can muster because our forefathers had it much worse than we do. We have known what truth and freedom are and that sir you cannot take away from us.”

I sat down with grace to face their random decision.