Many years ago I worked at a parish in Louisiana. This was in the years after “separate but equal” schools were declared illegal in the US and this small town had only one elementary school, one junior high school and one high school. When I would visit the elementary school it was a joy to see the children all playing together. However, in junior high and high school there were strict social boundaries separating the black and white students. Remember the words of Jesus: “You have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike.” It seems that only the elementary age children understood the profound truth that we are all children of God however we appear.