UNWOKE: A Memoir in Episodes

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Chapter 25: No Room at this Inn, Chapter 26: Start of the Election

Chapter 25: No Room at this Inn, Chapter 26: Start of the Election20 jul29 min

<p>Jebra marches for immigrant housing rights. No Human Is Illegal! Everyone Deserves a Home. Housing For All. She has a matching sweatshirt, ball cap, and ethically sourced sunscreen from an all-female collective in Myanmar.</p><p>Tymothee insists on coming. He does his nails for the occasion.</p><p>At the rally, a volunteer asks if Jebra will host Luis, a migrant who has walked hundreds of miles and just needs a place to stay and medication for diabetes and schizophrenia.</p><p>Jebra declines, and her son questions her.</p><p>Then Brad and Kip have something to tell her.</p><p>Ginsburg has made a PowerPoint. It is called PROMISES MADE, PROMISES GHOSTED.</p><p>There are slides about Afghanistan, inflation, the border crisis, student debt forgiveness, and drag queens talking climate policy. </p><p><em>&quot;Why didn&#39;t The View cover any of this?&quot; Jebra asks.</em></p><p>For the first time, Jebra wasn&#39;t sure what she believed anymore.</p><p></p>