Another pleasure of 2014 is seeing so many high school and 20 something folks speaking their minds and being active about systemic injustice. Also seeing over-thirty friends get involved for their first time. I'm so jaded, having done police brutality and prison activism and researched the stats and stories starting over 20 years ago now, and having worked for a public defender in a notoriously racist county and then rural legal aid.
It's really nice to see people discover the power of working together and stuff like all those cheesy old chant slogans. They're cheesy, but so true. It's not fun being an old fart who sold out and has to keep most thoughts to herself, but I had my say back in the day and it's more interesting to hear what people made of everything that's been said and done and see what they come up with to address the here, now, and future.
I'm not saying people can afford to not study history deeply or not talk to the old folks who truly have something to contribute. Just saying Right on.
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