Closer Than Rust
June 11th

Vespa Tsang



June 11th. 11:01am
The worst part is this --
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And this is a direct quote --
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He actually said --
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"Ma'am, this is redneck county. We don't got much room for foreigners.
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June 11th. 11:01am
"Why don't you try opening a business somewhere else, like in your own country?"
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June 11th. 11:01am
#WHAT
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This IS my country!
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June 11th. 11:01am
#rednecks . . . what is a #redneck ?
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#letsBeHonestAboutThis !
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June 11th. 11:01am
They're #white #people !
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June 11th. 11:01am
If you want to be honest about it, they drove the "red" people off their land.
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June 11th. 11:01am
Kicked them out, stole their food and infected their blankets with small pox... isn't that so?
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June 11th. 11:01am
Did they steal their name, too?
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June 11th. 11:01am
They're white people!
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June 11th. 11:01am
So poor & uneducated, mainstream culture kicked them out of their color label.
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June 11th. 11:01am
Out of the "white" center - isn't that so?
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June 11th. 11:01am
Wouldn't they otherwise be called... white asses? White arms, white feet?
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June 11th. 11:01am
#red #necks
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June 11th. 11:01am
Why "red" "necks"?
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June 11th. 11:01am
Hey #red ... it's me, #yellow ...
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June 11th. 11:01am
Aren't we all sitting outside the same circle?
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June 11th. 11:01am
The difference is, you've got dominant culture in your skin. That pigment is power. Or rather... that lack of pigment is power...
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June 11th. 11:01am
But you, my new #redneck acquaintances, show #no #signs of being in power.
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June 11th. 11:01am
Still, you're undeniably white. For the most part. #Everywhere #but #aroundYourThroat
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June 11th. 11:01am
I don't have that.
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June 11th. 11:01am
Whiteness.
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June 11th. 11:01am
In your eyes, I am a #China #doll
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June 11th. 11:01am
Then again, I also don't have the urge to sit around drinking beer all day. #inSomeWaysYouEmbodyYourStereotype #sorryButItsTrue
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June 11th. 11:01am
I've got cultural power, though. It's in my education... in my knowledge-is-power. That's one difference between you and me.
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June 11th. 11:01am
I've got cultural power in my wallet, too.
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June 11th. 11:01am
I moved here. I chose to. I'm able to create opportunities... That's money. That's ambition. I wasn't grateful for either of those things... until I moved here.
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June 11th. 11:01am
#I moved #here .
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June 11th. 11:01am
As Bill always says...
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June 11th. 11:01am
"A penny ain't a fortune, but it's closer Than rust."
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June 11th. 11:01am
"Better Than Nothing"
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June 11th. 11:01am
#ICantBelieveImQuotingBill
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One step above nothing - it's still a step.
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June 11th. 11:01am
The difference is... #difference
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Difference IS our power.
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Hey #red ...
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Hey #brown ...
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Hey #white ...
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Hey #yellow ...
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Hey #allTheIntersectingColorsInBetween ...
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June 11th. 11:01am
Hey #flatOutBroke ...
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Hey #fiveStepsAboveFlatOutBroke ...
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Hey #everyone ...
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Aren't we a patchwork?
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Aren't we a quilt?
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June 11th. 11:01am
Where's #Betsy #Ross when you need her?
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June 11th. 11:01am
We need a new flag...
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We need a new Betsy... Betsy Latifa Ross-Reappropriata...
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...a Southern African American diva with Asian eyes and thick lips, with a #dreamcatcher around her neck and a #Latin #lullabye on her tongue...
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...sung in a Southern accent, of course.
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Weave us a new flag, Betsy Nu.
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Sing out diversity - #songs #voice #education #community
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Let us each tell a #story & weave it into this new flag.
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Oh, you're broke? ... that's ok, let's #crowdfund this baby!
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#payWhatYouCan
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If you've got nothing - send in a #pileOfRust & we'll understand. #everyonesGotSomething
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June 11th. 11:01am
Please, Betsy Nu...
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We need you, Betsy Nu...
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You and your butch dyke lover, #America .
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You in your motorized wheelchair - moving faster than the rest of us...
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Sew fast, Betsy Nu!
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We need you, Betsy Nu!
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June 11th. 11:01am
Replace the 13 Confederate stars in an X - the flag hanging out of Bill's window - with a new shape - a circle - and new stars, new role models...
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A circle of #hope and #trust and #education ...
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I'm not the first one to ask for this - I add my voice to a chorus of strong voices...
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June 11th. 11:01am
Or - at least - I #would add my voice - if I had any #fuckingInternetConnection !
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... # @($*$&!!! ! ! ! !!
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June 11th. 11:01am
Then again... maybe it's this #lack of #connection that gives me the strength to speak...
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June 11th. 11:01am
Maybe I feel just isolated enough, in this broken town... and just safe enough, with these unpostable posts... and just angry enough, by these stupid racists...
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to finally #speak #my #mind
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#broken #connection
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June 11th. 11:01am
I don't know.
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June 11th. 11:01am
In New York, it was obvious.
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June 11th. 11:01am
#diversity #everywhere
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June 11th. 11:01am
Here, it's swept under the metaphorical rug...
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June 11th. 11:01am
#whatever
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June 11th. 11:01am
I don't know if I can hack it here, but I don't know if they'll have me anyway...
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June 11th. 11:01am
PhilanCoffee notifications go out in #4days ... but even if I win, do I even #want this?
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June 11th. 11:01am
I have #noFriendsHere
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And apparently even the #strangers are #againstMe !
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June 11th. 11:01am
I left that agent's office with a #frown but #noDefinitiveAnswers ...
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June 11th. 11:01am
If I sit here wallowing any longer, my own neck is going to turn red... #literally
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June 11th. 11:01am
I don't know. That's all I can say right now - I don't know.
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