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The Tyranny of "Firsts" - Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez gives us much needed perspective. [View all]
"How a United States of America's favorite congratulatory headline erases the rest of human history."
"What I’d like to see, instead of 'Will this be America’s first Muslim senator,' is a headline closer to the truth: 'Will The United States of America’s caste-driven white Christofascist gatekeepers finally allow a Muslim senator, a thousand years after Muslim societies were running some of the most advanced governments on Earth?'
https://alisav.substack.com/p/the-tyranny-of-firsts
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