Hi again Marley

I've been thinking more about this. For sure, some doors of opportunity have opened more easily for me because I am a white male. This demographic does have advantages.

But my heritage is East European. All my grandparents came from there. They experienced a fair amount of prejudice when they came to Canada, despite being white and Christian. As long as they did the hard work and stuck to themselves (my maternal grandfather sure liked voting), the English people didn't mind much.

My parents experienced some prejudice, but not as much. And I would say that my generation of Slovak/Ukrainian/Canadians has zero prejudice against it because our heritage.

Last spring, I read a book "Less than Human." This helps explain why we develop prejudices. Here is my review:

https://medium.com/politically-speaking/book-review-less-than-human-a5fc16ee1cfe

Although I have participated in a few protests, I am generally not a big supporter of this democratic tool. They are mostly about bending the will of those overly ambitious people who aspire for public office than about trying to fix something.

I am seeing the TDG as a way to move us forward in overcoming whatever prejudices still remain. For sure, the deeper forms of prejudice would not be attracted to this movement. Nor should they join for their toxic attitude will wreck the TDG in its infant stages. But by working together in building something much bigger than a protest march, maybe that is where the important lessons will be learned and understood.