The Privilege of Speaking 'American' Won’t Save Us This Time: Why I’m Scared for My Loved Ones

The benefits of being white-skinned and speaking with what's called a Gen m accent, which is another way of saying a non-regional standardized way of speaking.It couldn't be more clear and it just seems to be getting more palpable day by day in the most awful way. You know, I'm thinking about loved ones getting snatched away, the possibility, the very real possibility of that happening. Both, family members and one person who is almost going to be a family member, as well as friends, as well as, gosh, I've been trying to help somebody, put it to you this way, maybe I've been trying to help somebody from a non-sanctioned country, or should I say a sanctioned country, who is an artist, a student, trying to see if there's any way that she can come here, and now I'm not advising her the same way I was before.And we're looking at maybe some other places because despite her disappointment, what if she came here and ended up at Guantanamo, you know? It's terrifying. And trying to balance so many things, right? Trying to balance the fight and the flight. So, I want to continue to retain my own humanity and have compassion for the people who would like to see me dead and people that I'm kind of afraid of, but also it's a war.So, it's the same thing.I want to do what I can here, but I'm also looking at history and thinking about situations where people did leave their country for a time. And also instances where people tried to.There was a ship that left Germany during World War II. It was filled with mostly middle-class Jewish people or just other people who the Nazis didn't like. So, that list is long.Kind of like some other lists we're getting more and more acquainted with here in 2025.And there were no ports, including any U.S. ports, that would let this ship dock. So, the ship with all these people, with their families and their hopes and their belongings and their abilities and skills. – Because that was an instance of brain drain. And that's happening in this country – The ship got turned around and sent back to Germany. And you can imagine what happened to the people who were on the ship, right? So many things going through the brain at the same time. It's going to start with loved ones, not wanting them to get snatched off the street or have theirhomes broken into. Yeah, it's a lot.I’m Gin Hammond and I’m Living IncogNegro. I’m glad you’re here and we’re on this journey together. Learn more at LivingIncogNegro.com https://www.tiktok.com/@livingincognegromhttps://www.instagram.com/livingincognegromoviehttps://shows.acast.com/living-incognegro-gin-hammond Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.