"Washing one’s hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral." --Paulo Freire
About Me
- Jeff White
- Erie, CO, United States
- Parent and LGBTQ+ ally. To decry evil is far from doing good. "When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice." Cherokee proverb "Live your life so that your children can tell their children that you not only stood for something wonderful - you acted on it." Dan Zandra
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