General Discussion

...and I took my writing to my mother and she said, matter-of-factly that, 'It's all been said before.'

I told her that it needed to be said again, and she laughed a bit.

You know, she kept everything I sent her that was published and bragged about it to her friends. Eventually, she could see the walls closing in on her generation's struggle and progress that you can see in her mementos from the marches, protests, and such she attended in that era.

I see it as a generational challenge. Vigilance, and all that.

I'm only dismayed because I began to believe in that progress; believing in my fellow humans. Of course, you only experience these kinds of setbacks when you've been pushing forward.