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Ok Santa did a bad thing and totally plagiarized your work.
Ezra asked Santa for your autograph and he obliged.
We’re coming to see you on tour in Washington tomorrow. He might put you on the spot and ask you about it 🫣🫢. Hope you see this message in time!
@wimpykid Dear Jeff: BIG FAN over here “please write more books”.
My 7 year old wrote a letter and made an envelope for “Santa to deliver to you”. Not sure if you do fan mail! But thank you!
In 1956, there was a TV show called "The World We Want" in which high school students from all over the world were invited to the United States to have candid discussions on social issues and current events.
One student by the name of Raul Contreras from the Philippines sat down with three other students from Indonesia (Ratnati Iskandar Dinata), Japan (Yoriko Konishi), and the UK (Judith Reader). They were asked to share their own prejudices.
Contreras began by facing Konishi and saying, "Being brutally frank, I am prejudiced against [the] Japanese. Not to the extent that I hate them, but I got this as a result of World War II."
For context, Imperial Japan committed numerous atrocities across Asia, including the Philippines. The Manila massacre, which took place in 1945, led to the murder of at least 100,000 civilians.
Despite his anger, Contreras also took the time to express empathy towards the Japanese civilians of post-war Japan and their struggles to help pay war reparations. "Most of them even have to suffer the cold in the classrooms because they can't afford to heat the schools," he said.
The conversation amongst the students soon turned to that of skin color and segregation in American society. The above clip shows Contreras highlighting the hypocrisy in America's pledge of allegiance, which states "liberty and justice for all."
The first lightweight champion in UFC history is headed to the Hall of Fame! 🏆
Congratulations @Jens_Pulver on becoming 2023's newest #UFCHOF Inductee!
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