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On Just Citizenship, Etc.

  Please feel free to add or subtract in comments. On Just Citizenship, Etc. (2009) By Jennifer Lee Lawson  In 2008 Brazilian tribes made headlines throughout the United States in two news pieces. The first widely discussed story featured aerial photographs released by the Brazilian government of allegedly uncontacted tribes living in grass-roofed huts, wearing red body paint and wielding bows and arrows. The Brazilian government released these photographs along with a story about how loggers were illegally entering tribal territory, damaging the environment, creating conflict, and endangering tribal people with very little immunity to easily transmittable illnesses. The second story was the result of a campaign by the United States-based missionary group, Youth With a Mission, to raise awareness of infanticide practiced by some Brazilian tribes and the Brazilian government’s unwillingness to put a stop to this practice. First Nations tribes in Canada garnered wide attention w...
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A Note to My Best Friends

In teaching philosophy and evaluating philosophical arguments, I am pretty good at being impartial, which is different from "a view from nowhere." As an American, I have also been good at being impartial, say, to immigrants. I coined a term: Issuism. I'm an Ethical Issuist most of the time. What does this mean? I take up an issue rather than apply an ethical theory. For the past year and a half, the biggest issue I have dealt with has been the 2024 Presidential Election. To explain to my friends my tarnished reputation in their eyes, here's an answer to the questions: Is it true you are partial? What brought about the change? By now, friends, you may understand my assessment of the situation in the United States and globally, and I'll give you two words that explain the method to my seeming madness: Raoul Wallenberg . Although I have British American and Polish American background, I was raised, mostly, Swedish American. I have that in my ancestry, too. But beyond...
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Videos and Links: 2025 Inaugural Round-Up!

  Daytona Beach News-Journal link on The Florida Playbook . Helpful Links: LGBTQIA:   https://www.eqfl.org/ Immigrants:  https://cfl-hope. org/central-florid-hope- center-immigrations-services/ Jewish:   https://www. templeisraelofdeland.org/ Reproductive Rights:   https://www. plannedparenthood.org/health- center/florida/jacksonville/ 32217/jacksonville-health- center-3278-90320 African-Americans:   https:// ibw21.org/
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Video: Colonizing Native America?

  For a letter from President Biden on Native American Policy, click here . 
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Philosophy Of War Q&A With Jennifer Lee Lawson, MA

Last week, I made short videos on, generally, Philosophy of War. Each one is around 1 minute long. These are my original ideas. I own them. You are free to cite me or acknowledge me on any idea you use from them, and any other original idea I've had, which are many. Today (Jan., 13, 2025), I went to a cancer center for upcoming appointments. Last week, when all but the final videos were made, I saw my oncologist. I am a breast cancer patient.  
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Letter From Joe Biden On Native American Issues

  October 16, 2024   Dear Ms. Lawson, Thank you for writing to me about a top priority of my Administration—working with Tribal Nations to invest in the future of Native communities, empower Tribal self-determination, and support prosperity for Native people.   Together, we are providing historic and long-overdue resources to Indian Country.  Through the American Rescue Plan, my Administration has overseen the single largest funding measure ever granted to Native communities, designated to help Tribal governments combat the COVID-19 crisis and support Indigenous families, businesses, jobs, and education.  The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law invests directly in Tribal communities to improve access to broadband, clean drinking water, and good-paying jobs, and the Inflation Reduction Act will ensure these communities can confront and adapt to the climate crisis.   In addition, I was proud to sign the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women A...
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Letter From President Joe Biden On Religious Freedom

  October 9, 2024 Dear Ms. Lawson, Thank you for sharing your thoughts on religion and faith.   Religious freedom was enshrined in our Constitution by the Founding Fathers, and over the centuries, America has been strengthened by our religious diversity.  I am dedicated to continuing our Nation’s commitment to ensuring that all people are treated equally, no matter how—or whether—they pray.   As a practicing Catholic, I understand intimately the important role that religion plays in the lives of so many.  Faith has tremendous power to move us together, which is why my White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships works with religious and secular organizations to serve people in need while respecting different beliefs and traditions. One of my prayers for this Nation is that we see each other as we should:  not as enemies but as neighbors—not as adversaries but as fellow Americans and fellow human beings who are created in th...
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The Slow Cooker Method Of Destroying America

Right after Joe Biden was elected, I worried that some of my books may be banned just for me being a bisexual author. There were attacks by the Right on libraries. That started with public schools, like here in Florida. There was talk of banning Drag Queen Book Readings at public libraries. There was talk of Drag Shows being banned. I mentioned in private to family members that attacking Drag Queens and transgender people is the, shall I say, weakest link, because those people were easier to raise questions about to people who don't know them personally or aren't one themselves. Recently, I've read Americans vying and advocating for library cards and telling people to go to the library.  Unfortunately, if the library sucks, what's to point of going?  The last time I went to my public library, all they had was gangster and mobster books. Nothing I'd be interested in reading, so I walked out empty handed.   It's been 4 years of this slow cooker that began in Flori...
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