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Ralph Warnock ~ congratulations!

Ralph Warnock!  Congrats!  I was following this political race a bit, in Georgia ... and of course, let me also give some love and a shout-out to Stacey Abrams.  For those who didn't know, Ralph Warnock is the new junior Senator for Georgia, and he just won, this January '21.  What is significant, I think, is that he is the first African American to represent Georgia in the Senate.  Yes, can you believe that?!  See, I'm from Boston, which is in the Northeast, in New England, and so, of course, I only understand so much about the South, but with the African American population being greater in Atlanta, compared with Boston, I guess I assumed that several African Americans have served in various high political positions in places like Georgia.  Does my thinking here.. this assumption I made.. connect to my own limited thoughts about race, politics and history?  Yes, probably, but I don't mind sharing my limitations, because I know that it's important that I continuously confront my thinking, in order that I may become truly anti-racist.  Anyways, I just saw these posts on instagram, and thought it was so poignant!  The post reads "The last time I was here in 2017, Capitol police were escorting me to central booking for leading a non-violent protest of an immoral budget.  This time they just had to show me to my office."  Ha!  Love it... photo credit to #hbcupridenation [book tour post, day 23, 1/23/21] Thx, ~ Adam Chiocca ~ 




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