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Those of us who might
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be defined as like
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not as privileged as Jimmy Kimmel,
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but not somebody who
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could be rounded up by ICE,
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we’re being encouraged
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to just sort of like,
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“It’ll be fine.”
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We’re going to be—
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we’re being encouraged
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just put our heads down
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and just sort of hope that, like,
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they won’t keep squeezing that
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until—but eventually,
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but that’s how it always works:
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They keep squeezing it
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until they get to the rest of us.
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And so I think this is right now.
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It’s weird to think of, like,
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Jimmy Kimmel
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and Stephen Colbert
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as, like, the
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canaries in the coal mine.
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But if they’re telling us,
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“We’re not afraid of
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rich white men,”
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what can the rest of us do?
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What can we expect them
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to treat the rest of us
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if we say the wrong thing
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on social media,
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or if we make the wrong joke
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in front of the wrong person?
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How can we expect that
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we’re going
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to get through the day, every day,
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and be able to live our lives
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the way we want to,
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if they’re not afraid
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of going after
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the rich white guys?
