How will you celebrate the 4th? The American
Way to celebrate our independence seems to be drinking
beer and blowing things up with imported fireworks; how patriotic. I love this
country. I love that I can publish the
following and not be “disappeared.” I
love that I can read, work, vote, and own property. I love that there are millions of gay
citizens who are happy and proud, eating Oreos.
I LOVE THAT OUR FIRST FAMILY IS BLACK.
But.
I wonder how many women will be beaten in their homes
while you celebrate your freedom. I
wonder how many people of color, of all nations, will be killed in the Middle
East while you celebrate your freedom. I
wonder how many gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender people want to kill
themselves while you celebrate your freedom.
I cannot celebrate the independence of the United States until all of its
citizens are actually free. When
childcare is universal and women have control of their uterus and birth control
options, when people of color have all the opportunities as the White elite,
when GLBT people can celebrate their love, when our country is free from our
dependence on oil, and when we help other nations rather than attack them,
then, and only then, will I celebrate this country.
Waiting to
celebrate,
Dr. Auntie M
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