Revolution
\nBy Ali Amin<\/p>\n
Speak to me with your tongue while it is still free,
\nwhile your body is still yours.
\nLet your words travel through the air,
\nuncontrolled
\nspontaneous
\nnecessary
\ntumbling through clouds of dust that dim the sun.
\nUntil they reach my ear
\nand so many ears, spilled onto\u00a0the table,
\nwaiting.
\nSpeak the truth while it is still alive, while lips, cracked and bleeding, can still move.
\nTime is beholden to neither lover nor tyrant.
\nSay what you must.
\nI will listen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Excerpt From: Samira Ahmed. \u201cInternment.\u201d Apple Books.<\/p>\n
Although, I have conflicting feelings about Samira Ahmed’s book,\u00a0Internment<\/em>, I believe in its message that the wrongful imprisonment of marginalized communities is always possible.<\/p>\n Oftentimes, we look back on historical injustices like the incarceration of Japanese people and see them only as “things of the past”. Our neglect, indifference, and ignorance has caused these events to happen over and over again–though I do want to say “history is NOT repeating itself,” no, our lives are functioning within a predetermined spiral.<\/p>\n I have always hated the phrase, “history is repeating itself.” It’s overused, clich\u00e9, and implies that to a certain extent–that this “repeat” of history was escapable. However, if all these things were escapable, why does the oppression of people of color continue to prevail? Why do we have detention camps for undocumented children? Why are there re-education camps for Uighurs?<\/p>\n As long as we continue to reject that these events are happening because of the way we let society function and oppression thrive, these events will continue to happen. It is not something as simple as a “repeat.” These things are happening, over and over again, regardless of how hard we try to stop it because we are still trying to function within the same “spiral”. Until we break free of these predetermined futures and the spiral we are trapped in, we will remain stuck within the same cycle of oppression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Revolution By Ali Amin Speak to me with your tongue while it is still free, while your body is still yours. Let your words travel through the air, uncontrolled spontaneous necessary tumbling through clouds of dust that dim the sun. Until they reach my ear and so many ears, spilled onto\u00a0the table, waiting. Speak the … <\/p>\n