By Way of Philly

Random thoughts from mom of two 2nd generation immigrants. #momsrising #BlackLivesMatter #loveislove #immigrantsgetthejobdone #narrativechange

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Ya Espana, ya Espana, you are Gaza's only hope.

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O Homewood, how beautiful thou art.

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I dare YOU to admit who you really are.

Maybe my real grandfather was Ashkanazi but I will never betray the cause. Dismantle settler colonialism.

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Go ahead, surveil me. Surveil me because my family is Palestinian. I dare YOU.

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Let us be clear. When Ismail Haniyeh dropped to his knees to pray on October 7, 2023, he was as surprised as all of us that the resistance broke out of Gaza. And like all of us, he knew that bombs were about to rain down on the people of Gaza for vengeance. And like all of us, he prayed for the children of Gaza.

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Controlado...the myth of American whiteness...

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Send your boats, break the seige.

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Who will take credit for murdering our poets in the daylight?

The poet is dead but the words are alive. They are reverberating. Stronger than ever.

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Malcolm is and will forever be the Black Messiah.

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Smells like...GHG emissions.

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LA is under military curfew like Cairo in 2013.

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It's a bitter drink, but we will drink it together.

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No peace on stolen land

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In this case the individual is not the unit of analysis.

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My family is Palestinian, but I try to keep it on the down low. I feel like I have a target on my back. Though I can't prove it.

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"Look up the definition and tell us what terror is"

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Lived experience is a specific kind of expertise. Not to be trumped.