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Photo by   Chris Santilli   on  Unsplash First published on Medium . . The political fight is never over. Recovery begins in earnest. Yet, more, and better,   results   than before Trump’s destruction must be achieved, and soon. Urgency, stamina, and consistency, and democracy advancing are the watch words. . Hope. Yearning. Optimism.   There are many similar words that may describe your current perspective. Such emotional components must be in wide, and deep quantities, and at a high quality to make our realities possible. Of course, the emotional battery pack cannot last very long without the sustenance of real, tangible accomplishments. . That being said, my perspective is that the   same old, same old   is the wrong sustenance to place alongside our always tried and true battery packs. Continuing to hit our heads against a wall harder, faster, or in another but similar place, makes no more sense in our current predicament. We must also use o...

Photo by   Louis Velazquez   on  Unsplash First published on Medium . . Too many white people do not accept, or even know about, the horribly awful parts of our history, and refuse to believe there was such a time; whites in power have purposely shrouded our past in myth and mystery, and still   employ denial to cover up our every crime . . There has never been a time in the United States when whites did not subjugate, or suffocate others. Their   insurrections have always been against the truth governing their actions. Enough truth slips out to form their beautified myths; every other terrible milligram of truth is squeezed out, or smothered cold. This capacity of truth denial comes from the hubris permitted by white male testosterone infused and confused violence. . Without using overwhelming violence, the history of white people would likely be average. Not because we could not have done better, but violence became our constant companion, and irresistible go ...