Dear Augustine,
I am too overwhelmed to blog tonight. I'm scared--for you, for me, for our country. I'm terrified, and have only just calmed down after a four-hour-long anxiety attack tonight.
But I have to hope that not all is lost. That we will survive this too and come out stronger in the end.
So in lieu of dealing with that...I'm sharing a post that I wrote about the livestream on Susan B. Anthony's grave today. I'm trying to see a little more grey today, when it feels very black.
"Legacy. What is a legacy? It's planting seeds in a garden you never get to see." (Hamilton)
I understand that SBA is a complicated person--her voice for women's
right to vote wasn't pure and perfect, it was shaded with racism, and
that is unequivocally wrong. And yet, I'm still moved by the fact that
we move forward slowly through time, being pushed along by imperfect
people...people who caught a glimpse of the same ideals we continue to
fight for, and which we seek to extend to all people: life, liberty,
equality, justice.
I'm thankful for Anthony, and also for others
who carried these values further: Ida B Wells, Mary Church Terrell, Ella
Baker, Rosa Parks, Angela Davis, and many others.
I love you, my friend. Very very much.
+Athena
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