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This is how you can expect a society to act, that has decided life must be earned through being profitable, and that property rights are more important than human rights, toward a group of people it historically has treated as property.
American society behaves like children with an estate they inherited they know is stolen, always afraid the rightful owners will return with a claim and take it back.
We need to address generational theft or we’ll go on harming ourselves from fear and guilt: walls guns and wars.
We need to address generational theft or we’ll go on harming ourselves from fear and guilt: walls guns and wars.
And, yes, harming others.
And failing to realize that to harm others is to harm ourselves.
And failing to realize that to harm others is to harm ourselves.
Our political/institutional behavior is consistent with a people whose great fear is that a person of color might share in a single bit of benefit from an unearned dollar.
We haven't invested in infrastructure; our bridges are collapsing.
And bridges are shared.
We haven't invested in infrastructure; our bridges are collapsing.
And bridges are shared.
We slash funding to public education and public health programs.
And our society's education rates crumble, as does our life expectancy.
Shared, shared.
And our society's education rates crumble, as does our life expectancy.
Shared, shared.
In a time of plenty, many children know hunger; we invest in military, impose sanctions, all to give us a sense we can holding on to our hord.
Construction cranes are as common a sight as homelessness, building investment vehicles that will keep empty.
Our guilt will tell.
Construction cranes are as common a sight as homelessness, building investment vehicles that will keep empty.
Our guilt will tell.
We are led by a party that refuses to address a clear and present extinction-level threat.
And yes, it's for profit. But look at profit for whom. Look at those set to bear the brunt.
I think the deep resistance to combating climate change is, all would benefit from the solution
And yes, it's for profit. But look at profit for whom. Look at those set to bear the brunt.
I think the deep resistance to combating climate change is, all would benefit from the solution
It's a deep and persistent psychological sickness, I think.
It's the thing behind the thing behind the thing.
We know we hold stolen goods, and we're so afraid of losing it, we can't even share.
"We" even think there's still some separate "we" that can escape consequence.
It's the thing behind the thing behind the thing.
We know we hold stolen goods, and we're so afraid of losing it, we can't even share.
"We" even think there's still some separate "we" that can escape consequence.
Read the reporting in this thread's original post.
Click through. Let it settle on you. (And then follow, read, and contribute to ProPublica.)
We honestly can't afford to NOT address reparations.
Click through. Let it settle on you. (And then follow, read, and contribute to ProPublica.)
We honestly can't afford to NOT address reparations.
Good morning, by the way, how is everybody
