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Monday, 1 May 06 :: supporting the immigrants

there is a huge walk out today, across the country, of the immigrant community. yes, i support the walk out, the rallies. yes, i am thrilled that people are rising up and taking the power they so deserve. yes, i am thrilled to see a large group of people saying enough is enough. yes, i am thrilled, so thrilled. yeah!

go ahead and disagree with me. i don't care. what i know is that i am on the side of what is right and just. i know that i don't espouse hate. the racism, classism, and just overall hateful attitude of so many people in this country is simply disgusting. but beyond disgusting its sorrowful. what a sad life to live in such hate. what a sad life to live with a mind closed. yes, its a very sad life to live.

posted by brooke at May 1, 2006 07:03 AM

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i'm brooke, born in '73. i am currently a phd student in instructional technology. this is the blog where i capture all the neurotic, and the few non-neurotic, moments that seem to come with being a phd student (if you want to read less neuroses and more professionalism go to: oer's, dl's, reuse and culture: it's about a phd student researching digital resources in a multicultural world). i have been from eugene, oregon for a long time.. 8 years specifically (its my home now, but i grew up in southwestern virginia), but now i'm here in logan, utah at utah state university. after finding my roots in eugene i never could have expected that i would leave that liberal oasis and head to utah. but i did and there are days when its a blessing and days when i'm tempted to go back to oregon and beg the folks at lost valley educational center to let me move in. but i won't leave because there are days when this process is better than any kind of high i could ever imagine. what else? i collect things, i have 2 cats, 2 kayaks, 2 laptops (i'm a geek - one mac, one pc). i can be emailed at brookesblog@rivervision.com.