This is a memo to white folks who have gotten activated to fight for social justice over the last four years, as part of resisting the agenda of the current administration:
The work isn't over. We're glad you're here, and we need you to keep showing up.
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That "none of us are free until all of us are free" is still true, even if you, personally, might feel safer now.
And the people we hope to be allies to definitely can't afford for us to.
The injustices that long predate 2016 are definitely still in place.
And there's a long road of repair from this era ahead of us yet.
Those horrific immigration laws? Not magically fixed.
The remaking of the Judicial Branch? Will be with us for a long, long time.
We have so much work to do.
The responsibility is for the long haul.
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Krugman is, of course, right about this. BUT, note that universities can do a lot to revitalize declining and rural regions.
See this thing that @lymanstoneky wrote:
And see this thing that I wrote:
And see this book that @JamesFallows wrote:
And see this other thing that I wrote:
One thing I've been noticing about responses to today's column is that many people still don't get how strong the forces behind regional divergence are, and how hard to reverse 1/ https://t.co/Ft2aH1NcQt
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 20, 2018
See this thing that @lymanstoneky wrote:
And see this thing that I wrote:
And see this book that @JamesFallows wrote:
And see this other thing that I wrote: