‘don’t be a sucker’

As an Amer­i­can liv­ing in Ger­many and study­ing its his­to­ry, I find the mes­sage of this video still sur­pris­ing­ly relevant:

Last night I had a com­pli­cat­ed con­ver­sa­tion about leaving.

I was talk­ing about Trump and a Ger­man guy said,
“You let one per­son con­vince you to leave your home coun­try, a fed­er­al country?”

It takes see­ing our coun­try from the out­side in to re­al­ize what a priv­i­lege it is to have been born there.

But my na­tion is so di­vid­ed. Our pres­i­dent is be­hav­ing in a way that val­i­dates hate and bias of far right wing ideology.

Leav­ing has only made me more con­cerned for those who are still in the USA who have to fight for their rights. I re­mem­ber what it’s like in The South.

It feels ridicu­lous even men­tion­ing my own strug­gle when I know oth­ers have had it much worse – yet I had to get out of Ten­nessee to feel safe.

If I had stayed be­hind, the sti­fling na­ture of The Church would have de­stroyed me. Be­fore I left the USA, my broth­er told me,

if I had kids who I ‘raised’ to be gay he would kick their asses.

Any­way. What does this iden­ti­ty mean to you, American?

Do you ever think about it?

—car­nelian king

Flom­mist Car­nelian King is a per­form­ing artist, prod­uct de­sign­er, toy mak­er and non­bi­na­ry clown cur­rent­ly liv­ing in Berlin. Copy­right © 2017 Car­nelian King.

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