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The only thing I could think to do was give them a geography lesson with the United States puzzle map to show them how far New York and DC were from our school in Springfield, Massachusetts. Can you imagine being in their situation and witnessing how humans can self-organize to solve immense problems? I was in shock.
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Folk are excluded because of their geography, their disability, race, queerness, lack of a dog (okay maybe that is a very specific thing that happens where I live, but honestly it is so real and scary how much that gives you cultural capital here-very strange). More CV padding, more you can figure-it-out-can't-yous.
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