VIDEO: @VanJones68 on #safespaces: "I don't want you to be 'safe'. I want you to be strong." https://youtu.be/Zms3EqGbFOk @davidaxelrod

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safe spaces are just about having a space where your assumptions are taken for granted.
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no one is saying an entire campus should be a safe space. But we are saying every campus should have SOME space...
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where it's taken for granted that blackness doesn't = criminality, or queerness doesn't mean you're going to hell.
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where saying those things isn't welcome. Not the whole school! But marginalized people can't be...
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in danger having our identities attacked literally 100% of the time in 100% of the spaces.
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you need both. You need spaces where you go out and have that contest of ideas, and you need spaces where...
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you can take basic ideas about your humanity and value for granted, so you can heal from all those fights outside.
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you can't be strong if there's nowhere you're safe. How could soldiers be strong with nowhere to heal?
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