{"id":23910,"date":"2020-05-17T08:42:46","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T15:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/?p=23910"},"modified":"2022-05-16T17:55:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T00:55:46","slug":"episode-xiii-the-ghost-of-thurgood-marshall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/?p=23910","title":{"rendered":"Episode XIII: The Ghost of Thurgood Marshall"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Episode XIII: The Ghost of Thurgood Marshall<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It is a Dark time for the Representative Republic; the Ideal of Democracy is taking body blows world wide.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In North America\u00a0
A bright orange alien president with bone spurs\u00a0
Who can\u2019t even win the battle of the sexes with his ice queen wife\u00a0
Wants to declare himself a wartime president against an invisible enemy Without ever firing an accurate shot.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In Times Square
\u00a0A Trump Death Clock has been ERECTED to track the lives lost\u00a0
as a result of his IMPOTENCE in dealing with the COVID-19 Pandemic.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Jill Nelson\u00a0
A 63 year old grandmother\u00a0
Political Activist\u00a0
And Rebellious Heart writes
\u00a0\u201cTrump equals Plague\u201d in white chalk on a boarded up building\u00a0
And is instantly arrested and held.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Unfortunately for her\u00a0
She was not an angry White man With a gun in a Michigan Statehouse.\u00a0
If she were she just have could just continued on with her day.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Malcom told us:\u00a0
Clear thinking is more dangerous then bullets
And the most dangerous thing in the world is a rebellious person of color that can read.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Dissent from the apathy<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Dissent from the fear<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Dissent from the hatred and mistrust<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We must dissent from the apathy of an America that has buried it head in the sand\u00a0
Waiting in vain for the needs of its poor\u00a0
It\u2019s elderly
It\u2019s sick
To just disappear and magically blow away
In April, or May or June or July
Or, Until Dolt 45 is re-elected.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I hear the ghost of Thurgood Marshall howling.
His voice is speaking through\u00a0
The rhythmic purring of the ventilators and the ECMO machines.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

As a child I asked my Mother why she was forcing me to read his words\u00a0
She just said:
\u201cDon\u2019t worry. You\u2019ll definitely need them later.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cWe must dissent from poverty of vision and the absence of moral leadership. We must dissent because America can do better.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Because America has no choice but to do better.\u201c<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Will there be an Episode XIV?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

 <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

(Image Credit: Failure to Listen<\/a>)<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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