Closer Than Rust
June 11th
Vespa Tsang
June 11th. 11:01am
The worst part is this --
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And this is a direct quote --
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He actually said --
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"Ma'am, this is redneck county. We don't got much room for foreigners.
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June 11th. 11:01am
"Why don't you try opening a business somewhere else, like in your own country?"
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#WHAT
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June 11th. 11:01am
This IS my country!
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June 11th. 11:01am
#rednecks
. . . what is a
#redneck
?
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June 11th. 11:01am
#letsBeHonestAboutThis
!
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June 11th. 11:01am
They're
#white #people
!
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June 11th. 11:01am
If you want to be honest about it, they drove the "red" people off their land.
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June 11th. 11:01am
Kicked them out, stole their food and infected their blankets with small pox... isn't that so?
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Did they steal their name, too?
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They're white people!
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So poor & uneducated, mainstream culture kicked them out of their color label.
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June 11th. 11:01am
Out of the "white" center - isn't that so?
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Wouldn't they otherwise be called... white asses? White arms, white feet?
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#red #necks
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June 11th. 11:01am
Why "red" "necks"?
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June 11th. 11:01am
Hey
#red
... it's me,
#yellow
...
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June 11th. 11:01am
Aren't we all sitting outside the same circle?
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June 11th. 11:01am
The difference is, you've got dominant culture in your skin. That pigment is power. Or rather... that lack of pigment is power...
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But you, my new
#redneck
acquaintances, show
#no #signs
of being in power.
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June 11th. 11:01am
Still, you're undeniably white. For the most part.
#Everywhere #but #aroundYourThroat
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June 11th. 11:01am
I don't have that.
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June 11th. 11:01am
Whiteness.
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In your eyes, I am a
#China #doll
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June 11th. 11:01am
Then again, I also don't have the urge to sit around drinking beer all day.
#inSomeWaysYouEmbodyYourStereotype #sorryButItsTrue
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I've got cultural power, though. It's in my education... in my knowledge-is-power. That's one difference between you and me.
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I've got cultural power in my wallet, too.
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June 11th. 11:01am
I moved here. I chose to. I'm able to create opportunities... That's money. That's ambition. I wasn't grateful for either of those things... until I moved here.
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June 11th. 11:01am
#I
moved
#here
.
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June 11th. 11:01am
As Bill always says...
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June 11th. 11:01am
"A penny ain't a fortune, but it's closer Than rust."
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June 11th. 11:01am
"Better Than Nothing"
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#ICantBelieveImQuotingBill
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One step above nothing - it's still a step.
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The difference is...
#difference
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Difference IS our power.
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Hey
#red
...
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June 11th. 11:01am
Hey
#brown
...
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Hey
#white
...
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Hey
#yellow
...
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Hey
#allTheIntersectingColorsInBetween
...
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June 11th. 11:01am
Hey
#flatOutBroke
...
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Hey
#fiveStepsAboveFlatOutBroke
...
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Hey
#everyone
...
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June 11th. 11:01am
Aren't we a patchwork?
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Aren't we a quilt?
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June 11th. 11:01am
Where's
#Betsy #Ross
when you need her?
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June 11th. 11:01am
We need a new flag...
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We need a new Betsy... Betsy Latifa Ross-Reappropriata...
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June 11th. 11:01am
...a Southern African American diva with Asian eyes and thick lips, with a
#dreamcatcher
around her neck and a
#Latin #lullabye
on her tongue...
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...sung in a Southern accent, of course.
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Weave us a new flag, Betsy Nu.
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Sing out diversity -
#songs #voice #education #community
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Let us each tell a
#story
& weave it into this new flag.
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Oh, you're broke? ... that's ok, let's
#crowdfund
this baby!
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#payWhatYouCan
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If you've got nothing - send in a
#pileOfRust
& we'll understand.
#everyonesGotSomething
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Please, Betsy Nu...
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We need you, Betsy Nu...
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You and your butch dyke lover,
#America
.
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You in your motorized wheelchair - moving faster than the rest of us...
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Sew fast, Betsy Nu!
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We need you, Betsy Nu!
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June 11th. 11:01am
Replace the 13 Confederate stars in an X - the flag hanging out of Bill's window - with a new shape - a circle - and new stars, new role models...
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A circle of
#hope
and
#trust
and
#education
...
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I'm not the first one to ask for this - I add my voice to a chorus of strong voices...
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Or - at least - I
#would
add my voice - if I had any
#fuckingInternetConnection
!
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...
#
@($*$&!!! ! ! ! !!
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Then again... maybe it's this
#lack
of
#connection
that gives me the strength to speak...
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Maybe I feel just isolated enough, in this broken town... and just safe enough, with these unpostable posts... and just angry enough, by these stupid racists...
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to finally
#speak #my #mind
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#broken #connection
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I don't know.
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In New York, it was obvious.
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#diversity #everywhere
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Here, it's swept under the metaphorical rug...
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June 11th. 11:01am
#whatever
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June 11th. 11:01am
I don't know if I can hack it here, but I don't know if they'll have me anyway...
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June 11th. 11:01am
PhilanCoffee notifications go out in
#4days
... but even if I win, do I even
#want
this?
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June 11th. 11:01am
I have
#noFriendsHere
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And apparently even the
#strangers
are
#againstMe
!
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June 11th. 11:01am
I left that agent's office with a
#frown
but
#noDefinitiveAnswers
...
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June 11th. 11:01am
If I sit here wallowing any longer, my own neck is going to turn red...
#literally
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I don't know. That's all I can say right now - I don't know.
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