I have close, hard-working, truly decent friends who are about to be deported.

[brer cat]

33. Looking back

is like moving into a surreal parallel universe. You, 1SBM, many others who were trying to educate, to explain, to reason, to simply cut through the bullshit, were stalked, harassed, ultimately silenced over and over. The danger in a badly fractured Democratic party, especially marginalizing people of color, was there to see but killing the messenger shut down the message.

As one who always lived sheltered and protected by white privilege, I cannot put myself in the shoes of Jakes Progress' friends, only feel and share his anger and disgust that people's lives are willfully being turned to shit. But you can: how far removed from stop and frisk is "your papers, please"? How long before profiling by skin color becomes profiling by gender identity, by head coverings? Who will be next? We must all stand beside minorities for resistance to be effective, and hatred for the messenger must not silence the message.