what we’re not going to do is justify the highland park shooting by saying “well it’s chicago”
highland park is one of the richest suburbs in illinois with an average income of $90k. this has absolutely nothing to do with chicago and everything to do with the lack of gun control
If this was about babies, there would be universal healthcare. Free education. Free daycare. Southern states would be doing all they can to drop the Black maternal mortality rate. This is about power and control
To ask teachers to be on the front line of mass shootings, the front line of a pandemic, and the front line of the struggle against inequality all while underpaying them and systematically underfunding the education system is both cruel and a recipe for societal collapse.