July 4th felt somber this year.
Summer activities suppressed by the pandemic compounded by spiking desert heat.
AND, most importantly, the light being shined on American hypocrisy.
It's sobering to be an American in 2020.
The tenets of our founding fathers' mission
need to be more than platitudes on a tee shirt.
There is no going back to how things were.
I hope one day, on this particular day and every day,
Americans can truly celebrate freedom and equality.
The American obsession with freedom has to be traded for a desire for actual freedom:
the freedom to get sick without knowing it could bankrupt you,
the freedom for your peers to live life without fearing they'll be killed by police.
The dream of collective well-being has to outweigh, day-today, the dream of individual success.
Jia Tolentino
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