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[quote=Anonymous]I used to be in the activist world and people had huge egos. And they were getting paid to be activists! Meanwhile, people who had normal jobs around me had much more diversity of friendships and experience with real life problems. I realized it was All About Me and my ego to feel like the "good girl" and got to work on the harder part - being a person in the world. I don't put up a sign because on my own I am working on addressing my inner racism and learning how to be more friendly and aware to people who, based on my background growing up, would not have naturally befriended. I send my kids to a school with black kids and I want them to learn that black lives matter because they actually know and are friends with black people.

Also, when I had my first baby I got severely depressed and who came to visit me or check on me to see how I was doing? No one. Could have been a liberal thing, or more likely an age thing (I was the first in my age group to have a kid and they likely didn't know how tough it is for new moms). But I do agree that the first and best way to be an activist is to be a good person. [/quote]

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