None of us is free until all of us are free
I cannot claim that my study of government or history or sociology is extensive. I have a degree in a technical field, so the vast majority of what I know about social issues is self-taught. And I have barely made a dent in all the books I wish to read
This post is going to be profoundly self-indulgent (and possibly not particularly well-written). For that, I apologize. Certainly there are other people dealing with much worse as we enter the second week of what is already proving to be a terrible administration. But this issue has been a slow background drain on my mental
The story I’m telling here is not mine. It is the story of—well, you will see. I am sharing it here just as it was told to me, omitting only the name. I was asked to do that because this woman—a faculty member at a prominent university; I will identify