My daughter took 10 year old KC to see Hidden Figures on Sunday and she said everyone needed to see it. Art prefers going to action, science fiction or full of spectacle type movies on the big screen and watch the other more social type movies on the small screen. However, Tiffany said we needed to see this.
Tif said she'd already taken KC to see Moana and some other fun kiddie type movies, but felt this one would be important for a young girl to learn from. Tif asked another mother if they'd like to join them and eventually the group expanded to two dozen people. Tif said she was amazed. She thought the theater would be empty on a Sunday matinee when the temperatures in Chicago were freezing and people might choose to stay home. They were shocked to see the theater packed with people of all races.
Tiffany said she wanted 10 year old KC to learn to empathize with others, since young kids are still developing that strength. KC tends to think of the civil rights movement as something that happened way back in history and that we don't live in a country like that anymore. It's more her grandparents' history. KC understood how the movie would truly resonate with her black friends who joined the group, but Tif wasn't sure she truly understood it could happen to her.
She told her that not so very long ago those of Japanese descent were sent to internment camps and lost everything. Now we've got Trump banning Muslim people coming from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, but not Saudi Arabia or Egypt where most of the 911 terrorists came from. Apparently that's where he has business interests.
I'm reminded of that famous quote by Protestant pastor Martin Niemoller.
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
And then yesterday, the Google page highlighted Fred Korematsu who was the activist who fought against the internment of Japanese-American citizens.
He is famous for having said, "If you have the feeling that something is wrong, don't be afraid to speak up."
More than ever, I really feel we have to speak up because we have a president who is fueling and being fueled by that segment of society that is unfortunately not empathetic to the rest of the world.
This is not a good time for America and we have to speak up, speak out.
Tif said she'd already taken KC to see Moana and some other fun kiddie type movies, but felt this one would be important for a young girl to learn from. Tif asked another mother if they'd like to join them and eventually the group expanded to two dozen people. Tif said she was amazed. She thought the theater would be empty on a Sunday matinee when the temperatures in Chicago were freezing and people might choose to stay home. They were shocked to see the theater packed with people of all races.
Tiffany said she wanted 10 year old KC to learn to empathize with others, since young kids are still developing that strength. KC tends to think of the civil rights movement as something that happened way back in history and that we don't live in a country like that anymore. It's more her grandparents' history. KC understood how the movie would truly resonate with her black friends who joined the group, but Tif wasn't sure she truly understood it could happen to her.
She told her that not so very long ago those of Japanese descent were sent to internment camps and lost everything. Now we've got Trump banning Muslim people coming from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, but not Saudi Arabia or Egypt where most of the 911 terrorists came from. Apparently that's where he has business interests.
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
He is famous for having said, "If you have the feeling that something is wrong, don't be afraid to speak up."
More than ever, I really feel we have to speak up because we have a president who is fueling and being fueled by that segment of society that is unfortunately not empathetic to the rest of the world.
This is not a good time for America and we have to speak up, speak out.
![[New post] Guess who now stands alone as the most successful H-DNL team in NCS soccer?](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_t_I8IXdZrRQxasKArXN_X0rcHy3_8QTUzfRm52ZVtOFxbfgSIUBkn2ly3plGhGPRgFQQ6euZ1CaxBrGkd9J10BgbXrPNC4hUau-opJZk7tgJk4xxlaIgufvXBEqO5cnPHQVfT2wdkgRDQFayJ9-MBv64FSe_Yj02GtX1EkcPr8WVOvgFuddV67sxkzvx8m3q9Tg2QZxagtoHCKIhA=w100)
0 Yorumlar