Thursday, May 19, 2011

Si, se puede

I didn’t give much thought to all this talk about the end of the world until I found out that the Navy had decided to name a ship after Cesar Chavez. The end of the world is definitely upon us. The Navy is going to give this great honor to a union activist, a Mexican-American union activist at that. What is the world coming to? Did you know the Navy has also named a similar vessel after a woman? And it wasn’t just any woman, but a woman who didn’t even finish what she started. Amelia Earhart isn’t the end of it either. They also named one after Medgar Evers, who was not only a Black man but a Civil Rights Activist. The Navy has a destroyer named after an Englishman named Winston. The whole thing is ridiculous. Duncan Hunter, a representative from California has tried to avert the apocalypse by suggesting that the do nothing Chavez be replaced by someone with far greater accomplishments, Marine Corps Sgt. Rafael Peralta. Peralta isn’t white, but at least he accomplished something real. He led a team of Marines into a house in Fallujah. How can spending a lifetime fighting for the rights of oppressed people possibly compare? I wouldn’t have thought that such injustice was possible … really, I am quite surprised. Maybe the world is about to end. Maybe we really can make it happen. Sí, se puede

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