Ahem (cough, cough) …

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America, it’s the dawning of a Brave New World. By all accounts this letter is legit, although apparently not published by an official government entity, so if it isn’t satire we have three choices: denounce it / embrace it / or ignore it, knowing how willful blindness turned out last time the world was in this mood. We can now see the precipice from here, kids.

Take note of the instructions to the churches and neighborhoods.

An Indian Nations University is part of my town so I see lots of beautiful brown people I won’t be turning in to anyone ever. Nor anyone else whose pigment is enviably dark and compelling. Nor anyone, ever. It seems impossible that this country is really at this ugly juncture and that the lives and livelihoods of Americans are being openly threatened for their place of origin and the shade of their skin-suit. The language of the notice is chilling… how can this be America?

We need to all, at this moment, embrace the awareness. We can’t claim we didn’t know. That light at the end of the tunnel? It’s a freight train.

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4 Comments (+add yours?)

  1. ozantm's avatar ozantm
    Jan 01, 2025 @ 13:16:15

    I lived in Newport, OR for a bit. There are a lot of immigrants that walk from California up to Washington working as they go. I never saw any looking as bad as the homeless we have in our little neck of the woods. Lincoln Co will be in trouble if they lose those workers. They do what none of their snitching little buttocks will do, work hard.

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  2. Rita Wagner's avatar Rita Wagner
    Dec 31, 2024 @ 10:11:52

    If legit, this is horrifying. I will do anything I can to protect my ‘brown’ friends, neighbors, and fellow citizens, legal or not.

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