Then and Now: "I Ain't Got No Quarrel With Them Vietcong. My Enemy Is the White People."
This quote from Muhammad Ali and his solidarity with the Vietnamese cost him dearly. Death threats. FBI surveillance. Banned from boxing. And yet we must ALL be willing to show such solidarity.
These are the adapted notes of Here4TheKids community member Jiu-Luen Tsai, who presented to our Community Chat in May about solidarity. At the time, we were witnessing profound solidarity from students across the world — sparking hope where there was none and joy where it had been extinguished.
Now, as we watch students at the University of Michigan bea…
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