An uplifting and sage post from Paul Millerd on what politics has become, racism in America, and why love eats politics.
I’m sitting down right now at 11:03am in Spain to write this. I am not sure where I’ll end up or if I’ll hit send this week, but I wanted to give it a shot to write something amid the pain and anger in my home country.
I write this after spending the entire month of May fighting an infection in my gums trying to hide my fear of facing long-term health issues again and then in the past few days, finally finding a treatment that seems to be working.
I also write this
From the perspective of living abroad for the last two years, watching people in my country increasingly become sucked into polarizing narratives.
…and as someone who will inevitably have to deal with the challenges of race in America if I am lucky enough to become a father.
America, America, America.
As a white man in the US it has become a tricky time to say anything. The overwhelming pressures are to parrot popular political narratives or stay silent. The pressure to “take a stand” within the two political frames is overwhelming. Even many of my non American friends are amazed at how often they are asked where they stand on American issues.
Topics covered in this article include:
- The political divide
- Trauma and the body
- Signs of hope
Read the full newsletter, Love Eats Politics for Breakfast, on the Boundless website.
