robertreich:
Permit me an impertinent question (or three).
Suppose a small group of extremely wealthy people sought to systematically destroy the U.S. government by (1) finding and bankrolling new candidates pledged to shrinking and dismembering it; (2) intimidating or bribing many current senators and…
While this isn’t a direct connection to the verdict tonight, it is connected indirectly.
Between the non committal on the Fischer v. University of Texas, the Voters Rights Act demoralization, the fight and loss of the abortion bill here in Texas and this verdict, I am so emotionally exhausted about the blatant disregard for all humans in this country.
I continue to find myself without words to articulate a meaningful opinion about all this and I believe it’s because I am so much in shock. I feel like I was sold and bought into and trusted the concept of my own future that I never thought I would have to question and it turned out to be a lie. When I thought about my future as a young person, I felt like I had to worry about my own individual development and decisions, that we all had to. As a society, even with its’ flaws, it was moving ever forward. And yeah, that’s a little Mary Poppins and a lot white privilege, if I’m being honest, but it’s my experience so I’ll own that.
It never occurred to me that I would one day live in a state that should I have a daughter born to me today, she would have less access than I did growing up or that my voting districts would constantly be reorganized to ensure the power was controlled. I went to kindergarten in North Carolina where I was bussed to and assigned in order to comply with integration, (in the 1980s, mind you) and god dammit, it’s like we haven’t even moved beyond that!
I’m really trying not to be angry, because that won’t contribute anything positive to the conversation. But I am. I’m angry that my peers and everyone doesn’t realize that this affects us. All of this affects us. And yet no one seems to care. (excluding the tumblr oasis)
But right now I’m really sad. And I’ll honor that and then we get to organizing and continue with the struggle.
Thanks for letting me vent.
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