this is the sign that sits inside the the front backyard of author and public speaker charles eisenstein's residence in asheville, north carolina.
the backyard signal has been up for over years now and eisenstein says he is received a whole lot of high-quality remarks.
"a glimpse of wish," eisenstein wrote on FB nearly one year ago about the sign.
"in the 1/2-year or so it is been up, we have gotten a whole lot of advantageous remarks on our backyard sign from the numerous pedestrians who pass by using our house, inclusive of black parents from the tasks down the street. 'we like your sign!' they are saying.
so the day before today, as stella pulls into the driveway she sees two honest-to-god skinheads with scary tattoos standing in the front of the sign, having some kind of debate. she feels a piece worried -- what are they going to mention, or do? when she gets out of the car, they flash her the thumbs-up and say, 'we love your sign!'
perhaps our basic love-nature simply desires a little invitation to pop out. the media, left and proper, is so complete of invitations to hate... any person. 'right here is whom you ought to hate!' say the invisible subheadlines. now i am now not ignorant of the deep historical and financial causes of racism, but perhaps a new day is nearer than we suppose, if we are able to counter the ones hate-invites with invites to solidarity.
now not that a yard sign can do a whole lot to exchange a way of life of hate -- however who knows? who knows if it won't induce only a little softening in folks that read it? whilst a new way of life is prepared to be born, our little affirmations of it could go a protracted way. the cutting-edge electricity shape can best persist due to the fact we've got been tricked into hating every different. divide and triumph over. can we be achieved with that?"
