There should be a word for the very specific kind of tunnel-vision where one is: 1) hyper-aware of every injustice in America and by Americans, yet 2) shockingly ignorant of everyday abuses in and by the rest of the world.
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Replying to @SarahTheHaider
Doesn’t it make sense for people in America to be more aware of injustices in the country they live in and have the power to affect the laws in? There’s not a logical path to change or power by protesting, say, Brexit here.
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Replying to @saikatc @SarahTheHaider
But agree with your point that all of us, of course, can gain from better knowledge and understanding of the rest of the world and what’s going on. Our media does not help in that regard though.
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Replying to @saikatc @SarahTheHaider
When the US endeavored to lead the free world vs. the Soviet Union in the mid 20th century, it passed the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act in part bc of pressure to align its practices at home with the ideals it claimed to defend across the world.
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Perhaps the reason the dialogue has shifted to injustices at home is because it’s so clear and so obvious how far this country has fallen in terms of international reputation over the last four years and amid this pandemic.
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We have the right to ask and interrogate how this could have happened here. We have the right to ask how to prevent it from happening again.
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