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by: leslie110 Active Indicator LED Icon 16 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Jan 8, '17 11:24pm  
Anyone going to Washington DC for the inaugural or Women's March on Washington? Guess which one Abby and I are going to...
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AV8R Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 7 years ago   Jan 10, '17 9:13am  
For some people, their outlook of this country deeply changed on November 9th. For the rest of us, this is how it has always looked.
 
I want to remind you that that is a privilege.
 
It’s a privilege that white supremacy wasn’t at the forefront of your reality, because you benefit from it.
 
I want to remind you that no ally ever got very far, in any movement, without acknowledgement of their own privilege daily. You do not just get to join the efforts that people of color have been working for their entire lives to both teach and survive, without doing work, too. You don’t just get to join because now you’re scared, too. I was born scared.
 
Now is the time for you to be listening more, talking less, spend time observing, taking in media and art created by people of color, researching, and unlearning the things you have been taught about this country. You should be reading our books and understanding the roots of racism and white supremacy. Listening to our speeches. You should be drowning yourselves in our poetry. Now is the time that you should be exposed to more than just the horrors of this country, but also the beauty that has always existed within communities of color. Beauty that was covered over because the need to see white faces depicted was more important.
 
Now is the time to teach your children, to call out your family, to finally speak up. You have been silent for long enough. Now is the time to realize that you should have joined us sooner. But since you’re here now, it’s time to get to work.
 
have fun out there.
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JnJ Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 7 years ago   Jan 10, '17 8:39pm  
Yes.
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leslie110 Active Indicator LED Icon 16 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Jan 10, '17 8:48pm  
See you Saturday!
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leslie110 Active Indicator LED Icon 16 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Jan 10, '17 8:50pm  
@AV8R
 
The march is not a one issue march, everyone has their own reasons but the point is that we march together so that all of our voices are heard.
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JnJ Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 7 years ago   Jan 10, '17 9:10pm  
Seems sexist.
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leslie110 Active Indicator LED Icon 16 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Jan 10, '17 9:14pm  
@JnJ
 
I agree...I still can't believe he won the electoral college.
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Mahkno Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 7 years ago   Jan 11, '17 6:07am  
"Seems sexist."
 
From the FAQ:
"i'm not a woman, am i invited?
 
Yes, the Women’s March on Washington (WMW) is for any person, regardless of gender or gender identity, who believes women’s rights are human rights. "
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AV8R Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 7 years ago   Jan 11, '17 7:44am  
Now is the time for you to be listening more, talking less,

@leslie110 :
 
leslie you're already violating this tenet
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VonsterPeo Active Indicator LED Icon 8
~ 7 years ago   Jan 11, '17 7:55am  
I know of one woman who isn't going:
 
Many thousands of women are expected to converge on the nation’s capital for the Women’s March on Washington the day after Donald J. Trump’s inauguration. Jennifer Willis no longer plans to be one of them.
 
Ms. Willis, a 50-year-old wedding minister from South Carolina, had looked forward to taking her daughters to the march. Then she read a post on the Facebook page for the march that made her feel unwelcome because she is white.
 
Stung by the tone, Ms. Willis canceled her trip.
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AV8R Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 7 years ago   Jan 11, '17 8:25am  
Then she read a post on the Facebook page for the march that made her feel unwelcome because she is white.

@VonsterPeo :
 
That post she read is what I quoted above....
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VonsterPeo Active Indicator LED Icon 8
~ 7 years ago   Jan 11, '17 8:49am  
@AV8R Ah, the hierarchy of victimhood.
 
Somebody should have told her it was the BLACK Women's March on Washington
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joepyeweed Active Indicator LED Icon 15
~ 7 years ago   Jan 11, '17 10:59am  
I was thinking about it.
 
A good friend of mine, who lives in the area, had invited me to stay at her place and attend the march with her and her daughters. I seriously considered it, but have decided not to go.
 
I don't think my back and knees could handle the long bus ride, and I don't want to spend a bunch of money on air fare. Because of the date and the inauguration, air fare rates that weekend are higher than I wanted to spend.
 
I will stay home but wish I was there.
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AV8R Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 7 years ago   Jan 11, '17 11:39am  
I will stay home but wish I was there.

@joepyeweed :
 
I'm sure I suspect thousands of women who are there will wish they stayed home.
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joepyeweed Active Indicator LED Icon 15
~ 7 years ago   Jan 11, '17 11:45am  
@joepyeweed :
 
I'm sure thousands of women who are there will wish they stayed home.

@AV8R :
 
Of course you are sure what other women are thinking and feeling.
 
This is why the women are marching....women don't need you to tell them what to think.
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AV8R Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 7 years ago   Jan 11, '17 11:49am  
They're not thinking or feeling it yet, as I'm predicting a future event...and I'm not telling them what to think, I'm merely predicting that many will, for whatever reason, wish they'd stayed home. Get a grip Joe.
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