Thanks. Maybe I'll get lucky, eh? Maybe he will. To some extent, this letter was written as a sop to my own conscience, just as much as singing "Bread and Roses" to a room full of people who already agree with me, but I can hope that it will go beyond that.
To some extent, this letter was written as a sop to my own conscience, just as much as singing "Bread and Roses" to a room full of people who already agree with me, but I can hope that it will go beyond that.
I don't think it's self-indulgent to think that making an effort to contact power and change things for the better is a reasonable thing to do.
This letter exists partly because I have an egotistical wish to go out to the site of the protests and help out in person. However, there are already plently of underinformed-and-clueless white people out there, getting in the way of the people with skin in the game. They do not need one more.
Ive already seen some complaints by natives at the protest who've had their prayer circles hijacked by white women murmuring platitudes about "The Goddess." You wouldn't do that anyway, of course, but a well-reasoned letter, citing historical precedent, is potentially quite helpful.
My sympathies to anyone whose job is answering the phone at the White House.
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Good point and well-articulated. I hope he reads your letter. I hope it makes a difference.
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I don't think it's self-indulgent to think that making an effort to contact power and change things for the better is a reasonable thing to do.
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Ive already seen some complaints by natives at the protest who've had their prayer circles hijacked by white women murmuring platitudes about "The Goddess." You wouldn't do that anyway, of course, but a well-reasoned letter, citing historical precedent, is potentially quite helpful.
My sympathies to anyone whose job is answering the phone at the White House.
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The phone voice sounded incredibly even-keeled. She probably gets a lot of practice sounding that way.
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