Reading Time: 8 minutes We must revisit our assumptions and explore what our prejudices mean when we deny those seeking survival the opportunity to live. My language might sound extreme, but I do believe that this is about basic survival and life. These folks are not trying to come into this country to live luxurious lives. I believe they are seeking refuge in this country because the option is literal death for them.
The sense of superiority I see all around me is learned and we must unlearn it if we want to solve complex problems and become aware of our own role in it. We must lay down this sense of superiority that we have that, in America, we are entitled to what we have and that we worked hard for it and therefore, we must protect it from others.
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Border Separation
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House Democrats Take the Streets After Republicans Refuse Hearing on Family Separation
by Confluenceby ConfluenceReading Time: < 1 minute We might all want to remember the old adage, “History repeats itself” because this is becoming the legacy of the United States of America and we’ve seen this before – in fact, we were once a nation who went to war to stop it.
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Sessions, Puerto Rico, Border Separations: 3 News Stories You Should Read Today – 5/30/2018
by Confluenceby ConfluenceReading Time: 2 minutes Confluence Daily is your daily news source for women in the know. In the…