Decency and Compassion?
George W. Bush speaking about the immigration raid in New Bedford, MA:
"That's not the way America operates. We're a decent, compassionate country. Those are the kind of things we do not do. We believe in families, and we'll treat people with dignity."
Hmm. Sounds nice. And yet? Not so much of the truth.
Watch the video that Brownfemipower posted here. Babies were separated from their mothers. People were refused enough water. A woman who fainted was just ignored while she lay on the floor.
Decency? Compassion? That was not at all in evidence.
What can you do? You can donate money and/or materials to the families. You can write to your Senators and Representative. If you're in the Boston area, you can get directly involved. You can blog about it, because most people probably don't know about this. In fact, it seems like every other day, I get to see more and more what a privileged, sheltered life I lead. Most of my readers probably live one too. This happened two weeks ago, and I'm ashamed I haven't heard about it until now. Apathy and silence are all it takes for things like this to continue.
Via Ilyka.
See also:
Black Amazon
The Silence of our Friends
Plain(s) Feminist
Pandagon
Zuky