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A/C, AUG. 11: “CRT IS MY REALITY”
PRE-EXISTING SYSTEM The irony is that teaching kids about systemic racism actually relieves them of personal responsibility for what happened in the past because we’re all born into a pre-existing system not of our making. Our only responsibility is what we do about it now. Discomfort is to be expected, but guilt isn’t helpful or necessary. RJ WARD VIA FACEBOOK
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ARID FUTURE Grateful to live in a city that is managing water resources for an increasingly arid future and has decoupled water use from population growth in spite of it all. Now let’s build way more housing on the Eastside. ETHAN LINCK VIA TWITTER @ETHANBLINCK
DEFINE LYING Omitting historical facts or glossing over them is lying. Feeling “guilty” is a byproduct of realizing your/our/their privilege was built on the backs of our fellow citizens. Nothing wrong with that at all. SERIN GUFREDA VIA FACEBOOK
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