In light of thanksgiving, family gatherings, and general conflict, I'd like to share with you all one of my favorite quotes:
"There are three things I've learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin." - Linus (Peanuts) I love this quote. It's even my current Instagram bio! I think it's a great quote and something that is great to live by when it comes to celebrating Thanksgiving. I have such a wide array of religions, races, and opinions within my family. I have Mexican cousins, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, republicans, democrats, you name it. In order to avoid conflict on a day that is meant to be happy and focused on your thankfulness, I avoid speaking about religion and politics. Religion is pretty easy to avoid at the table. Religion is varying in my family, so it's more convenient for everyone to just avoid it entirely. God isn't dinner table talk in my family. Politics, however, are a little bit more difficult to avoid. It's become increasingly difficult to avoid politics since my major is International Studies, I live in the nation's capital, and attend university at the country's most politically active college. So, with that, I went into Thanksgiving prepared for the worst. Much to my surprise, things were not the worst. The focus of the conversation settled on Trump, and to my surprise, Trump brought my family together! Not in the sense that we were all like, "Woo! We all love that guy!", but more like, "Woo! We all hate that guy!". Even my dad, the token Republican, had some pretty nasty things to say about dear Mr. President. It was pretty nice, being one big, enraged by the president and current state of politics, family. Happy Thanksgiving everybody! Also, I wanted to add that Thanksgiving is a holiday that attempts to hide the cruelties of colonialism and the savage murders of Native American nations. Many Native communities observe Thanksgiving day as a day of mourning and that's something we should all consider and respect. I could go into a lot more detail, but for now I'm not going to. I hope you all had a relaxing break and enjoyed your time at home or wherever you were.
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Hey there! I'm Halle Jaymes and I'm a first year SIS student from Southern California. I'm hoping to focus on Europe as my region of study and hone in on sustainable fashion and general fashion in International Relations. Archives
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