The point of this, is that I had privilege and I used it.
I took time to come up with a script and an approach that I thought would make him hear me.
If you have privilege, this is the time to use it.
(Also, it has always been the time.)
I took time to come up with a script and an approach that I thought would make him hear me.
If you have privilege, this is the time to use it.
(Also, it has always been the time.)
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Guts are female.
The problem is systemic.
He’s buried in Andersonville; where he died of starvation/disease held captive by the men who played that song. His brother my ggggpa fought and lived but another brother died.
Good for you!!!
YMCA blasting inside and out in the parking lot. Noped right DF out.
My $vote$ don’t jiggle jiggle it folds.
It also does not get wasted by supporting hate.
I've had similar experiences here in Indiana, and I have heard "we don't mean it that way" several times. "We're Dukes fans, we just like the General Lee."
Which I enjoyed as a child at the time, pleasant Robin Hood style adventures. (1/2)
Surely, they didn't mean it that way.
Took me a long time to realize why I had issues with the show.
The kid in me loved the "David vs Goliath," sticking-it-to-the-man story. But the trappings of misogyny, racism, class warfare, and intelligence stereotypes really got under my skin.
https://www.lincolncollection.org/discover/ask-an-expert/qa-archive/was-%E2%80%9Cdixie%E2%80%9D-really-lincoln%E2%80%99s-favorite-song/
How do you think the white supremacists in the audience hear that song?
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/K4V1-TJH/lewis-edward-benware-1840-1918
Confronting these moments head on, as gently as we can, matters. Also, your mom sounds like a badass.