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Me

Today I’m sick.  I am not just literally sick in bed with a bad cold, aches and pains all throughout my body, but I am mostly sick of division.  I am a black American originally from the Caribbean.  Last weekend I marched in Miami’s Women’s Rally alongside many women and men, including my husband who is the son of a Cuban exile father and an American mother from Kentucky.  A day or so after the rally, we came across some posts by black and Latina women who expressed that they had refused to march because that rally was a white women’s rally which did not address their needs and their voices would not be heard.  I was absolutely appalled by that way of thinking.   For one, the rally did address concerns that intersect black and Latina concerns such as the fact that rape culture is NOT OK, that we, all women, should get equal pay for equal work, that people with disabilities, of any race or gender, should not be taunted, etc. Also, I felt that if we do want our voices and concerns to be heard then, we need to get out there and make them heard. This type of division is exactly what the demagogues want us to believe in so that they can conquer. We are NOT the labels or the little checkboxes which they are trying to force us into.  We are a beautiful nation of immigrants and sons, daughters, grandsons and granddaughters of immigrants as well as indigenous people.  Whether some of us came here by choice and stayed or came because we were persecuted elsewhere or we were brought in chains, we are here and we are one nation.  United we stand, divided we fall. I love this country and will fight as much as I can for the beacon it is supposed to be. By the way, I just found out our social media accounts are being followed to determine our political stance.  I am posting this anyway.  We will NOT be silenced.  Stay strong.  

Sat. Aug 6th, 2013

Sun. Aug 11th, 2013