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The Post-Pandemic Epidemic that is Right On Our Doorstep

     We may be finally moving past the immediate medical concerns, but what is largely missing from the recovery conversations is the impending epidemic sitting on our doorstep: homelessness. The pandemic exacerbated an already dire housing situation, with millions struggling to find and keep shelter. Thus far, federal relief for Covid-19 managed to curtail complete disaster through the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) eviction moratorium and the government’s limited rental assistance. With the CDC’s eviction moratorium expiring on March 31, disaster looms.

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Uncle Tom is Alive and Well in America in 2021

Yes, Senator Scott is an Uncle Tom (Uncle Tim), when he defends the party whose policies have kept Black families down all these generations, and allow police to kill Blacks for walking down the street. All of this is White supremacy at its best, and our leaders must call it out, and fight it.

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So Why Should I Be Ashamed?

Scholar Brene Brown research guilt, shame, and vulnerability. She says that shame is an “intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love and belonging.” We experience “uncertainty, risk and emotional exposure. When we feel dark emotions—when we feel grief or shame or fear, scarcity, disappointment—we feel risk and uncertainty, and we feel emotionally exposed and raw. But vulnerability is also the birthplace of love, joy, belonging, trust, intimacy, creativity, and all of the good things.”