I have learned to love that which is meant to harm me, so that I can stand in the way of those who are less strong. I can take the bullets for those … - Margaret Cho

Why is this all so hard? Why do these old men need it so hard?

Our nation bringing slaves from Africa was the biggest hate crime of all. Then, when the slaves were freed, there wasn't anywhere for them to go. Then came the reign of terror by the KKK that never really ended. Then there is the fact that none of this stuff is taught in American History, at least not in detail.

When we never see who we are, never hear what we think about things, what we are doing as a group or what we are doing individually, then it is as if we are never there in the first place. Silence = Nonexistence.