I'm feeling unnerved too, Patrick. I think it's about knowing the country where I was born is no longer a "leader" in terms of human rights. Maybe we never were, only I perceived it that way. The notion that immigrants have been abducted and sent to El Salvador without due process? Chilling. Maybe Venus conjunct Saturn will lend us the spiritual discipline to hold fast to the values we hold dear while this t-square flashpoint energy gets channeled in productive ways. That's my hope.
This is a beautiful hope, I am glad to commit to holding it with you! And my career in children's rights gave me a very different perspective on the U.S. and human rights - it is the only country in the world that hasn't ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, so it very much stands out but not for its leadership.
Wow, I had no idea the U.S. is the only country in the world not to ratify that UN Convention! Thanks for pointing this out to me. You are the right person to ask about these things! ;-)
It must not have surprised you at all when the first iteration of this looney tunes character had kids locked up at the border without their parents who had been deported, back in ~2018. I realize the U.S. has a history of forced removal for indigenous families as well, kids sent to boarding schools and foster families without consent or due process. So it's not new, what we are seeing now. But it does get me brainstorming on ways to creatively subvert this regime before the rights many of us took for granted get trampled also.
I *love* creative subversion! And with your looney tunes reference, I'm feeling Wile E. Coyote vibes. Maybe get your hands on an Acme anvil?
PS: If you're looking to lend some support to separated families, RAICES is amazing. My kids were born in Texas and it's an organization close to my heart: https://www.raicestexas.org/
I'm feeling unnerved too, Patrick. I think it's about knowing the country where I was born is no longer a "leader" in terms of human rights. Maybe we never were, only I perceived it that way. The notion that immigrants have been abducted and sent to El Salvador without due process? Chilling. Maybe Venus conjunct Saturn will lend us the spiritual discipline to hold fast to the values we hold dear while this t-square flashpoint energy gets channeled in productive ways. That's my hope.
This is a beautiful hope, I am glad to commit to holding it with you! And my career in children's rights gave me a very different perspective on the U.S. and human rights - it is the only country in the world that hasn't ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, so it very much stands out but not for its leadership.
Wow, I had no idea the U.S. is the only country in the world not to ratify that UN Convention! Thanks for pointing this out to me. You are the right person to ask about these things! ;-)
It must not have surprised you at all when the first iteration of this looney tunes character had kids locked up at the border without their parents who had been deported, back in ~2018. I realize the U.S. has a history of forced removal for indigenous families as well, kids sent to boarding schools and foster families without consent or due process. So it's not new, what we are seeing now. But it does get me brainstorming on ways to creatively subvert this regime before the rights many of us took for granted get trampled also.
I *love* creative subversion! And with your looney tunes reference, I'm feeling Wile E. Coyote vibes. Maybe get your hands on an Acme anvil?
PS: If you're looking to lend some support to separated families, RAICES is amazing. My kids were born in Texas and it's an organization close to my heart: https://www.raicestexas.org/