Ignacio Moreno LLM '24, along with his wife Javiera and son Cristobal, enjoy the fair.
Professor Fore takes his kids trick or treating, gravving some candy for himself along the way.
Professors Cope and Versteeg, and their children.
Section G, featuring Law Weekly Editor Nicky D. '26.
“I am Kavenough"
Monica Sandu '24
Note: While not picutred here, Section H, whose theme was "Rihanna Halftime Show," were the winners. Congrats! Photo Credit: Ryan Carp '25 and Robert Hicks '25
Monica Sandu ‘24
Monica Sandu '24
Monica Sandu '24
This weekend, North Grounds Softball League hosted the Annual Dandelion Softball Kickoff. Each 1L section and the L.L.Ms per- formed in a lip sync competition while their 2L and 3L peers provided tough criticism. The beer and seltzer were flowing and the pizza was piping hot. After stiff competition, Section H was declared the winners and were rewarded with a softball game against the NGSL team. Despite an admirable performance by Section H, it surprised no one that the NGSL team provided yet another beat down, this time winning 8-2. Thank you to all the participants and attendees.
Monica Sandu ‘24
Monica Sandu ‘24
Monica Sandu ‘24
Editor's Note: Gordon Wallace Poindexter, Jr., a prominent Waynesboro attorney, passed away late last year. His law firm partner, John I. Hill, sent the following obituary as a tribute to Mr. Poindexter to be published in our pages, though we believe he probably meant to send it to Virginia Lawyers Weekly, which is not us. The Virginia Law Weekly nevertheless reprints the obituary with best wishes to Mr. Poindexter’s family, colleagues, and loved ones.
Gordon Wallace Poindexter Jr. Photo courtesy McDow Funeral Home.
Gordon Wallace Poindexter, Jr. died December 13, 2017. He was born in Richmond on September 14, 1926, the son of Gordon Wallace and Mary Morse Boyd Poindexter, who predeceased him, as did his brother James Edward Poindexter.
He was educated at Virginia Episcopal School, East Carolina University and the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II and the Korean War. He left the service as a major with a Purple Heart and a Marine Good Conduct Medal.
A Mason and member of Waynesboro Lee Lodge 209, Poindexter practiced law with the firm of Poindexter, Schorsch, Jones and Hill for many years.
He is survived by his wife Kathy Frey Poindexter, of Waynesboro, and their daughter, Sarah Boyd Poindexter Harmer, and her husband, James Kneller Harmer, who live in London. He is also survived by son Gordon W. Poindexter III, daughter-in-law Virginia M. Poindexter, and granddaughters Ashby Atkinson Poindexter and Lucy Watson Poindexter, all of Richmond.
Memorial contributions may be made to Mennonite Central Committee, P.O. Box 500, Akron, PA 17501 or to Springdale Mennonite Church, 170 Hall School Road, Waynesboro, VA 22980. No flowers please.
Condolences may be shared with the family at www.mcdowfuneralhomeinc.com
The ANG Society
Each year,1 the ANG Society recognizes one outstanding member of the University’s
student body who has positively impacted the faculty and student body’s ability to keep a firm grasp on Things Worthy of Comment during their time at the University. But mostly, the award exists as an excuse for ANG to periodically remind you that ANG exists and that you still don’t know what “ANG” means but are resigned to its unexplained and enigmatic presence2 in Law School society.3 This award is intended to be a bacon4 of success and one which is given to individuals who have inspired the all-powerful ANG spirit of this University. The Distinguished Snark Award is given to those who serve as role models, confidants, and leaders, but especially to those who make appropriate use of both side-eye and the library standing desks.
ANG embraces the diversity of responsibilities and demands on our student body—ANG understands that there are theoretically such things as “cite checks,” “outlining,” and “doing the reading,” and that if you don’t Instagram from a vineyard every weekend, the weekend may well not have happened and the universe will be thrown into an unsustainable multiverse—and we encourage nominations from all of the three hallways, sections, and extracurricular activities.5 To aid you in identifying and recognizing a fellow soulless human you know, the list below may guide you. Qualities of potential winners of this award include, but are not limited to, the following:
Engaged,6 supportive,7 and curious8
Exceptional contributions to the school and Charlottesville community at large, including but not limited to appropriate holding of the door in the snack line and never openly watching Netflix in the library
Shows no interest in discussing outlines outside of classroom
Please submit a letter of nomination for an exceptional member of the University
of Virginia’s student body who has been incredibly influential to students and members of the faculty during his or her or their or xir time here. ANG will probably not read them, but ANG has been banned from the copy center for hoarding tootsie rolls and needs material for the paper snowflake chains ANG plans to make during Corporations. Your contribution is greatly appreciated.
These nominations should be emailed to editor@lawweekly.org by Shmonday,
December 70th at 11:81pm, but may alternatively be submitted in hardcopy to any student mailbox.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Mystically,
ANG
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1 Starting with this year.
2 Have you, like, seen our tag on various historic buildings around Thomas Jefferson’s University? No? Oh, wait YES that’s right: vandalism is a crime.
3 Society. n. See also collegiality.
4 Literally, the award is bacon. Bacons are better than beacons. Bacons, beacons, Battlestar Galactica. Also, what are we, 18th century England? Nobody uses beacons anymore, buad. We just post statuses to Facebook and then hyperventilate in private because welcome to 2017.
5 Except NGSL.
6 … in avoiding eye contact with professors outside of class. If you don’t see them, they don’t see you, right?
7 … of snack consumption. ANG needs company on the ever-shorteninga road to major health problems, and ten Snickers a day is the way it’s happening.
8 … about 1Ls who spend hours in the library having outside voice conversations about—seriously, of ALL things —clerkships and VLBS events. ANG wonders if you could not.
Reading Comprehension:
Each set of questions in this section is based on a single passage or a pair of passages, derived from real communication(s) from the University administration to the student body. The questions are to be answered on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage or pair of passages. For some of the questions, more than one of the choices could conceivably answer the question. However, you are to choose the best answer; that is, the response that most accurately and completely answers the question, and mark the corresponding space on your answer sheet.
Passage for Questions 1 and 2
Last Friday torch-bearing protestors marched on our Grounds prior to Saturday’s rally and protests in downtown Charlottesville. Emotions remain raw in our community. We all mourn the loss of life on Saturday, the injuries, and the resulting distress. And we feel anger and frustration at the hateful messages that were directed to valued members of our community. Beginning to heal as a community from this trauma takes time and energy. And we must do so together.
We have devoted much of our attention and effort thus far to continuing to respond to repercussions for our students, faculty, staff and others following the weekend. We are also preparing to welcome more than 4,000 new students, faculty, staff, and their families.
Many in our community have inquired about the University’s preparation and response on Friday evening. Important questions have been raised about the University’s ability and commitment to ensure a safe learning and living environment.
The University of Virginia is a public institution and as such must abide by state and federal law regarding the general public’s right to access outdoor spaces. This includes open spaces such as Nameless Field and our historic Lawn, where torch-wielding protestors gathered and marched to invoke fear and intimidation.
What did the University know about the gathering here? What actions did that prompt? What enhancements should we consider to further refine policies and improve existing safety programs and protocols? Part of our ongoing responsibility is to consider these questions with those involved to reach frank conclusions about them that may yield opportunities for us to further improve our efforts. As we do following every major event and exercise, we will look for opportunities to improve our communication and coordination across the Grounds and with local law enforcement agencies.
I write today to reassure you that your safety is our most important concern. UVA has a robust network of safety resources that we have expanded in recent years. I would also encourage students to read Seven Resources to Help Students Stay Safe at the University of Virginia. While no public space or environment can be completely safe all of the time, the University will continue pursuing that goal as a top priority.
I remain proud of the actions of our community, our public safety officials, and medical center staff in a tense, indeed unprecedented set of circumstances. I am deeply grateful that a volatile situation did not escalate even further on Grounds.
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University Police arrested one protestor and charged the individual with assault and disorderly conduct. Several minor injuries were reported, including one University police officer who was injured while making the arrest. Several other individuals sustained minor injuries during the confrontation, none requiring admission to the hospital.
We are grateful for the efforts of University Police and our law enforcement partners during this very fluid and difficult event. I also want to express gratitude to members of the University and larger communities who came to the assistance of those injured on Friday.
A Call to Cancel all Wertland Block Party Plans
In consideration of my assurance that your safety and well-being remain our utmost concern, and given the immeasurable emotion and stress that first responders and community members experienced this past weekend, I am calling on our student community to put an end to the annual Wertland Block Party.
This private event occurs off our Grounds and thus the University cannot act directly to stop it. This gathering of students and the public has as its single purpose pursuing risky and harmful behavior including but not limited to consuming dangerous amounts of alcohol. This event threatens the general health of participants. It also places a tremendous strain on local law enforcement and health officials, all of whom have only begun recovering from the violence of this past weekend. Our students are prepared for leadership, and now is the time for leaders to step forward.
In the days ahead, you will be hearing more about planned activities for bringing our community members together to heal and support one another. I hope that members of the University community will participate in these activities and turn our collective focus toward the future.
Teresa A. Sullivan
President
Question 1: The passage provides evidence to suggest that the author would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements?
A. Everyone should attend the Wertland Block Party.
B. It is useful to have the university officially announce the time, date, and location of the Wertland Block Party.
C. Not enough students know about the Wertland Block Party.
D. The Wertland Block Party is a treasured UVa tradition.
E. The Charlottesville police are worthy of our gratitude because they absolutely did not stolidly refuse to intervene as a torch-wielding mob attacked UVa students or fail to confront a Klansman who fired his pistol into the crowd.
Question 2: Which of the following statements would follow most logically from this statement made in the first paragraph of the passage, reproduced below?
“Beginning to heal as a community from this trauma takes time and energy. And we must do so together.”
A. The Wertland Block Party must be canceled.
B. Underage drinking is bad.
C. The Student Safety Guide will be updated to include a section on responding to terror attacks on the Downtown Mall.
D. Safe Ride provides effective protection from the Klan.
E. The University will take concrete steps to address and remedy its history of institutional racism.
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Analytical Reasoning:
Each group of questions in this section is based on a set of conditions. In answering some of the questions, it may be useful to draw a rough diagram. Choose the response that most accurately and completely answers the question and mark the corresponding space on your answer sheet.
Passage for Questions 1, 2, and 3
Seven 2Ls — Alia, Alicia, Alida, Alina, Alisa, Alita, and Aliza — have all bid on OGI interviews with Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen. Each student gets an interview, and Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen only has one OGI interviewer.
Alisa does not get the first or second interview.
Alina gets a later interview than Alisa.
Neither Alia nor Alita interviews last.
Either Alita or Aliza interviews immediately after Alina.
Alida interviews either immediately before or immediately after Alicia.
Question 1: If Alida interviews first, which of the following must be true?
A. Alia interviews sixth.
B. Alisa interviews third.
C. Aliza interviews last.
D. Alia interviews immediately after Alita.
E. Alina interviews immediately after Alisa.
Question 2: If Alicia interviews third, what is the latest that Alita can interview?
A. First
B. Second
C. Fifth
D. Sixth
E. Seventh
Question 3: Assume the interviews begin 8:30 in the morning. If the sun sets exactly eleven hours and forty-six minutes later, how many days will it be until the next solar eclipse in Charlottesville?
A. Fourteen
B. Fifteen
C. Sixteen
D. It depends on whether Alina gets an offer.
E. Thirteen, and nobody gets offers.
The Unpacking Privilege Series is a Law Weekly feature that will periodically publish the speeches from the Unpacking Privilege Diversity Week event.
Toccara Nelson '19
Guest Columnist
There are many aspects of my identity that are not privileged and that are considered oppressed in the spectrum of society. I am a queer black woman who is a first-generation college and law student originating from a lower socioeconomic background. There are other aspects of my identity that do incur privilege. I’m not the most religious person, but my affiliation, Christianity, isn’t targeted. I’m not an immigrant, and obviously we are witnessing the have witnessed attacks by our government on immigrants and on those who are practicing Muslims.
I am in an institution of higher education with the opportunity for upward mobility. I was privileged in the sense that I had parents who were committed to my education, but many people where I come from didn’t have that luxury. Many people became disenchanted and stopped trying. I have a lot of old friends who made it to college, but dropped out, because the systems of support and inclusion at their institutions were inadequate, non-existent, or directly attacked their personhood as diverse students. Now, my love for UVa Law is the reason why I am sharing this, but sadly, a significant number of the same systems of support implemented by this school succumb to those same shortcomings.
With regard to privilege here at UVa Law, there is a culture of comfort and indifference, and as I see things play out, a reinforcement of the status quo.
One of the main systems of support promoted here at UVa Law is our own student body. There are a lot of students who have privileged identities within many demographics here, and in a lot of aspects they are comfortable. Whether it is: not having to hear comments that if black people were more friendly about their issues to whites, black people could get a lot more stuff done; people making offensive comments about slavery; people saying homophobic slurs; people justifying sending in the National Guard to places like Chicago or Detroit because people don’t know how to act there; not having to worry about an educational curriculum that only caters to one normative experience and thought pattern; or not having to worry about adjusting to a place where your existence as a person is so minimized, attacked, and misunderstood that the lack of acceptance becomes a significant stressor and distraction, and subsequently affects your studies. That is my experience and the experience that I hear and observe from other diverse students at UVa Law.
Comfort is a privilege. That comfort leads to a sense of indifference. For many students, I sense that as long as their comfort isn’t disturbed, they are indifferent and apathetic to recognizing that there is an issue of privilege and inequality at UVa Law. That indifference leads to a reinforcement of the status quo.
I’m pretty sure the issues addressed here have been addressed before. It breaks my heart to see the looks of disenchantment and exhaustion towards UVa Law on the faces of many black students, other students of color, LGBT students, Muslim students, and students from other diverse identities. Many of diverse students have become resigned to the fact that things probably won’t change, and many diverse 1Ls are coming to terms with sitting with a sense of discomfort (at best) for another two and a half years. Most likely these students are going to look back after they graduate and remember the isolation and dismissal they felt from the law school community. This should not and cannot be this way.
We cannot do an injustice to these black students, students of color, Muslim students, LGBT students, students with disabilities, and other diverse identities by putting the backbreaking burden on us to change this environment. Allies and others, if they are truly allies, need to step up and acknowledge the privilege here at UVa Law, formulate solutions, and execute those solutions to equalize the playing field and begin to peel back some of the issues diverse students are facing here. Ways to combat the system of privilege here include: listening to diverse students and not dismissing them; imploring professors to factor in diversity and begin to create more diverse curriculua while checking their own biases; imploring staff to find additional mechanisms and support systems for diverse students; and encouraging the administration to set forth a steadfast culture of inclusion (not just diversity) and take a firm stance against the ignorance and bigotry put forward by some students here. Students seeking to become allies should do their own research and not depend solely on diverse students to supply their education about social justice. Students need to hold their friends accountable for engaging in ignorant and bigoted actions. Dialogue is nothing without accountability.
We cannot disrespect the work of students like Charles West and Camille Grant with Diversity Week, the work of organizations like BLSA, Lambda, APALSA, Women of Color, VLW and others, and the faculty, staff, and students committed to changing the environment at UVa Law by failing to simply do something. Now is the time to disrupt the culture of privilege here at UVa Law. Thank you
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Camille Mott '18
Guest Columnist
On March 1, If/When/How invited students to view a screening of Trapped, a documentary examining the struggle of Southern abortion clinics in the face of laws attempting to restrict the procedure. The screening was followed by a Q & A with Dahlia Lithwick, senior legal editor for Slate and host of the podcast Amicus. If/When/How’s events coordinator, 3L Lauren Cassady, describes the group as “a pro-choice, pro-information student organization that educates, organizes, and supports law students to ensure that a new generation of advocates will be prepared to protect and expand reproductive rights as basic civil and human rights.”
The event was the brainchild of 3L Anna Lacerte, who met one of the film’s subjects, reproductive justice advocate Dr. Willie Parker, at Planned Parenthood’s South Atlantic Luncheon in September. “After hearing from Dr. Parker about the TRAP laws and how they are affecting Planned Parenthood, I reached out to Samantha Folb, a member of Charlottesville’s local clinic, regarding the documentary,” she told me. “In speaking with Sam we decided to host a school-wide event at the law school in an effort to bring attention to the troubles Planned Parenthoods across the country are currently facing while highlighting the services they provide to the community.”
The film focuses on so-called TRAP laws, which “single out the medical practices of doctors who provide abortions and impose on them requirements that are different and more burdensome than those imposed on other medical practices,” according to the Center for Reproductive Rights. At the center of the film are clinics in Alabama, Texas, and Mississippi that have had to choose between closing their doors and spending huge amounts of money to comply with such laws.
One of the featured clinics, Whole Woman’s Health, founded by Charlottesville’s Amy Hagstrom Miller, was forced to close three out of its five clinics in Texas after that state’s TRAP law, known as H.B.2, was enacted in 2013 (the law ultimately resulted in the closure of twenty-one out of Texas’ forty total abortion clinics). Among the law’s most onerous provisions was a requirement that clinics meet the standards of ambulatory surgical centers, including extra-wide hallways and sophisticated, expensive equipment; retrofitting an existing clinic to comply with these standards is estimated to cost between $1.5 and $2 million. Another provision required abortion providers to obtain admitting privileges at a hospital within thirty miles of the clinic. Major medical associations such as the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Medical Association contend that such requirements are unnecessary for women’s health and lead to the closing of clinics, forcing women to seek dangerous illegal abortions.
Despite the struggles faced by the clinics in the film, the pro-choice activists’ happy ending will come as no surprise to court watchers: last year’s Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt struck down the Texas TRAP law as an undue burden on the fundamental right to choose abortion and ruled that states’ claims to restrict abortion in the interest of women’s health must be supported by evidence. Although that decision reduces the threat to abortion access posed by TRAP laws in particular, Cassady notes that the broader issues raised by the film remain relevant. “I think it’s just as important to see it now and talk about the work that reproductive rights activists and lawyers still need to do,” she said. “It’s easy to read Roe and Casey in Con Law and forget that these legal battles are still taking place, so I’m really glad that If/When/How was able to host this screening and educate more law students about the reality of abortion laws in 2017.”
After the screening, Dahlia Lithwick spoke briefly about the current state of reproductive rights and took questions from attendees. She noted that the battle over abortion has shifted from TRAP laws to so-called “personhood” amendments and increasingly stringent bans on abortions after the first trimester. “Ms. Lithwick offered some great points about what state legislatures are still trying to do in order to limit a woman’s constitutional right to abortion access, even after Whole Woman’s Health,” Cassady said. “It was so interesting to hear about where she sees the front lines of the abortion fight moving in the near future.” Lithwick also indicated that although he has not written much about the issue, Neil Gorsuch would likely vote to overturn Roe, as then-candidate Trump promised any Supreme Court nominee of his would do.
At the end of the evening, representatives of the local Planned Parenthood distributed information on how students can support reproductive rights in the region. They encouraged students to donate to Planned Parenthood South Atlantic at give.ppsat.org, volunteering to support Planned Parenthood at ppaction.org/defender, make health care appointments at the local Planned Parenthood on Hydraulic Road, and call representatives to tell them that students support Planned Parenthood and reproductive choice. For more information, or to make a donation, contact Kate Zirkle at (434) 296-1000 x6641 or kate.zirkle@ppsat.org.
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The Unpacking Privilege Series is a Law Weekly feature that will periodically publish the speeches from the Unpacking Privilege Diversity Week event.
Courtney Koelbel '19
Guest Columnist
I’m in the middle of an identity crisis that began in early elementary school. This was the first time I had to take a standardized test and the hardest question on there was “What is your race? Mark one.” I’m half-Asian and half-white. I think that’s pretty obvious, though past experience tells me otherwise, but I still had to choose just one. One half of myself, one parent over the other, Asian or white. I ended up checking the box that said Asian because I thought it was cooler than being white like everyone else. I’ve realized since then that I was right to say I was Asian, not white. Not because it was “cooler”, but because in this country, you are white or “other,” and I’m definitely not white.
As if that wasn’t enough, I’ve also had to layer on the fact that, although my mother is ethnically/racially Chinese, she was born and raised in Brazil, and it shows. She’s never been to China and doesn’t speak a lick of any of the Chinese dialects. In my house growing up, we often ate food that was derived more from Brazilian cuisine than Chinese, and most of the stories of her childhood started with “back in Brazil…” I don’t have any problem with this, of course—I think it’s awesome that she has such an interesting background—but it makes it that much harder to find people to relate to, with whom I can share experiences. I look Asian, and to some extent, I feel Asian, but I also feel more connected to Brazil than to China. When I try to do anything related to Chinese culture, I feel like I am co-opting it, even though it is technically my culture.
I said I was in the middle of an identity crisis, and that’s because all of these thoughts and confusions still pervade my every day life. But that still wasn’t enough, so when I was 22, I decided to figure out that I was bisexual. And by “decided to figure out that I was bisexual,” I mean it took four years of being at a relatively super-liberal and diverse college to erase the 18 years I spent in the extremely heteronormative environment that was Arizona Public Schools. It also means that a little less than two years later, I’m still figuring out what it means to be queer.
Society, especially American society, loves to put people in boxes, but that just doesn’t work for me. I’m not gay and I’m not straight. I often tell people I’m half Chinese, half white, and half Brazilian because it honestly makes more sense to me to be three-halves of a person rather than being two halves that don’t quite make up a whole. Society’s boxes also affect our privilege, and the way we interpret and define privilege. Even among the different movements surrounding feminism, race, queer rights, environmentalism, etc., there are hierarchies of privilege that impact the way those movements function and work toward their goals. It even affects what those goals are.
Even though I am a queer woman of color, I benefit from a ton of privilege, including the fact that I’m here at UVa Law, and to be totally frank, that I’m “yellow” and not brown or black. I know I sometimes have to put aside the more minor, though by no means unimportant, issues that I face to stand up and fight for the greater diversity movement as a whole. Especially at this institution. UVa is trying, but it’s still got a long way to go, especially with the narrative about “unique perspectives” that frequently rears its ugly head.
So often at this school when we talk about diversity fellowships, or what’s really on everyone’s mind right now, the Virginia Plan, we get told that everyone should apply or write an essay because everyone has a “unique perspective.” And I’m here to tell you that’s bull shit. Of course, everyone comes from a different place with unique experiences. No single person has lived the same life as any other person. But that doesn’t mean some have all suffered through the systemic oppression that those of us whose born identities make us “other” have. All of my life experiences, and the life experiences of folks like me are tainted by “otherness” that some homeschooled white boy will never understand. They will never understand how painful it is to look at the student leadership, faculty, and school in general and not see people who look like you, love you like, etc. And that’s a privilege.
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The Unpacking Privilege Series is a Law Weekly feature that will periodically publish the speeches from the Unpacking Privilege Diversity Week event.
Campbell Haynes '17
Guest Columnist
I want to speak to those in the audience with privilege, and to those with privilege who aren’t in the audience today. If you’re in the audience today, odds are you’re very aware of your own privilege. You acknowledge your privilege and understand how it works. I don’t think recognizing privilege is enough, though. Too often, awareness and acknowledgement of privilege become performative – a way to signal you’re one of the “good people” without doing much else. Instead, I’m hopeful that we can turn awareness and acknowledgement of privilege into advocacy and into action. We can do this in two ways.
First, we can use our privilege to advocate for equality and challenge inequality. Practically, that involves taking on our friends and family members when necessary. These conversations may be awkward or argumentative. That’s okay. I know I’m not the only person here who probably had a couple challenging conversations like that over Thanksgiving. Educating our friends and family should be on us. We should also use our privilege to advocate for diversity in rooms, offices, and places of power where there are still far too few people of color, women, and LBGTQ folks present. We should also make sure those spaces consider more than just cosmetic diversity. Don’t just ask yourself if your law firm is hiring enough people of color, for instance. Ask yourself if your firm is hiring people of color while still defending institutions, like banks, that have historically harmed communities of color.
Second, take action confronting privilege in all aspects of your life. You should go beyond attending this event or attending some diversity workshops at your firm – although those things are important. Taking action means considering how privilege affects all aspects of your life. And it means, when necessary, abandoning your privilege. Here, I’m paraphrasing New York Times reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones, who writes about school segregation. She wrote that true equality requires a surrendering of advantage. An abandonment of privilege. I believe she’s right. We should use our privilege to empower others, but we should also use our privilege to attack privilege. This won’t be easy: historically, from Redemption all the way to the Tea Party and Donald Trump, erosion of privilege, real or perceived, often inspires a backlash. The difficulty of the task, in fact, makes it even more necessary. How you attack privilege will be up to you: it may mean joining the next march for Black Lives Matter or the next women’s march. It may mean being purposeful about how you raise your children and where you send them to school. It may mean calling your congressman and asking if they support the latest pipeline project. What matters, though, is that you do it.
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