Saturday, 20 April 2019

A Tale of Two Americas

This was recorded in 2015, describing events that took place shortly after 9/11, but it has relevance today.  What we are seeing in our partisanship and our division, even the election of Donald Trump as president, is a direct result of the fractures described in this talk.

Take a moment to listen.


And, yes, I understand that since the advent of Donald Trump's administration the chances for immigrants have lessened, but that will not help those who live in that other America, the one where chances are slim.  That is not the solution.

A short excerpt of an interview with Anand Giridharadas on Bloomberg.  They kind of cut it off at the end, but he gets his opinion across as to the reason we are where we are, both here and across the pond with Brexit.  And perhaps the current protests in France today.