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2 days ago
I just came to say how thankful I am for your speaking out during this time. More than ever we need platformed Christians to let their voice for the oppressed, poor and immigrant be spoken. Their relative silence has become deafening—having been brought to the forefront of my feed recently. Last week when Trump announced that he would stop all immigration processes from 75 countries, the only outcry I have heard is from a few about international adoptions that have now been disrupted. While I absolutely care a great deal about this, it saddens me that the only time many people speak up is when the policies affect, by a vast majority, white Americans. It made me think of how thankful I’ve been for your voice, Susan. I’ve used your SOTW curriculum throughout my 25 years of homeschooling and have always found it to be open minded and gracious to all cultures. It was one small tool that helped pull me out of my own backward way of thinking. Just wanted to let you know today that I appreciate you.
Such a horrifying, tired manifestation of the racism and xenophobia (& just stubborn ignorance) that too much of our history is tainted by. Endlessly grateful for your voice, your work, and your heart. ♡
I just heard this trope from a relative a few days ago. Grievous.
IT ONLY AFFECTS YOU IF YOU ALLOW IT When Mahatma Gandhi was studying law in London, a professor named Peters disliked him, but Gandhi never bowed down to him, and their encounters were frequent. One day, Peters was having lunch in the university dining hall. Gandhi came with his tray and sat next to him. The professor, very arrogantly, said to him: "Student Gandhi, you don't understand! A pig and a bird don't sit down to eat together." Gandhi replied: "Don't worry, Professor, I'll fly away!" And he changed tables. Professor Peters, filled with rage because he understood that the student had called him a PIG, decided to take revenge on the next exam, but the student answered all the questions brilliantly. Then the professor posed the following question: "Gandhi, if you were walking down the street and found two bags, one of wisdom and the other of money, which one would you take?" "Gandhi, if you were walking down the street and found two bags, one of wisdom and the other of money, which one would you take?" Gandhi replied without hesitation: "Of course, money, Professor." The professor, smiling, said: "I, in your place, would have seized wisdom, wouldn't you say?" Gandhi replied: "Everyone takes what they don't have, Professor." The professor, now hysterical, wrote "IDIOT" on the exam paper and handed it back to the young man. Gandhi took the paper and sat down. After a few minutes, he approached the professor and said: "Professor Peters, you signed my paper, but you didn't give me a grade." MORAL: If you allow an offense to harm you, it will. But if you don't allow it, the offense will return to where it came from. 👌👌
I am VERY grateful for your voice.
Let’s talk about the 1986 decision instead. Furthermore, let’s talk about vaccine courts, the pitiful compensation fund for injuries, and the Prep act.
Interesting-had not heard this line of thinking yet.
