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Hesitant to ask for free labor and will not be offended if you choose to respond just with hashtags to follow.

Thank you.

Because we all work very hard to make #NewScots safe.

For the past two years I've been working with others in local government, the third sector, universities, and Scottish government on this : https://newscots.scot .

We are held up as an example by UNHCR of how to promote welcoming, trauma-informed integration, even while Patel, Braverman, and Jenrick (and the press, and Yaxley-Lennon, and Farage) screamed for blood.

And it works: yes, of course there is #racism in Scotland, but so far we've been able to resist the horrors in England. But it requires a continuous, thoughtful commitment across all layers of society. It isn't a "natural feature" of Scotland. We achieved this.

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Read here: https://tinyurl.com/49tknfpa

#buddhism #engagedbuddhism #equality #race #racism #art #dance #exhibition #socialchange #racialbias #usa #nyc #newyork #whitneymuseum

To be honest, I think this was all about gender politics. There may be some #racism at play, but in this #election I think it was miniscule compared to the #sexism - and I say that as an old white guy living in Europe