Yasmine Mohammed ياسمين محمد  🦋

Yasmine has it right. Who among us are not influenced by where we grew up, how you were raised, who you hung around with etc...a world where people aren't allowed to change and grow is a bleak place indeedhttps://twitter.com/YasMohammedxx/status/1093585694809776128 …

So all these ppl that obsessively see racism around every corner and on every sweater...what are they hoping to accomplish? Shouldn't it be *change* that theyre aiming for? But when someone changes, theyre still demonized- so what's the answer? Perpetual outrage and victimhood?

This is such a thorny issue, and there seems to be great pleasure (from all political quarters) in outrage. That said, in righting past wrongs, we will NEVER move forward if we do not reckon with what came before. Some just want the conversation to be over & nothing to change.

I’m elated to see the conversation happening, but I’m elated because it means change..so I get frustrated when there are ppl who stand in the way of celebrating progress. Same w women’s issues. We have to simultaneously acknowledge the past/present failures and celebrate the wins

I’ve had ppl tell me once a jihadi wife always a jihadi wife..you can’t be trusted. Those ppl were either far-right or far-left. Most rational ppl, not possessed by their ideology, recognize that humans are capable of significant change for the better-and that’s to be celebrated.