DoY 091

Who is us?

Oh!  Oh!  Oh!  Woe is us!  No!  That's inaccurate.  Glee is us!  Glee and zest.  Look at the Serbs in Croatia.  The Serbs are us.  Look at the Israelis in Palestine.  The Israelis are us.  Look at the Taliban in Afghanistan.  The Taliban are us.  Look at white folks in the South.   Now look at white folks in the United States.  See the no difference?   White folks are us.

No!  Someone else might plead.  See the Red Cross?  The Red Cross are us.  See FEMA back before George Bush II?  That FEMA are us.  See Doctors Without Borders?  Doctors Without Borders are us.

Yes, I admit, that's true.  But when we tell ourselves about us, we pretend us are Doctors Without Borders, us are FEMA before George Bush II, us are the Red Cross, and we pretend us are not the Serbs, the Israelis, the Taliban,  But us are, and us forget it to our peril.  A thin tissue holds us back on the kind, generous, humane side of behavior.  If us drop our guard a minute, us unleash the torturers, the slavers, the tormenters us are too.