reminding our neighbors that everything has a history.
I like this sentance because I do feel strongly about educating those around me. It is extremely important to not only educate yourself but to educate those around and who you surround yourself with because it is often easy to forget that everything and everyone does have a history — and the history of people is relevant.
What matters is less the propriety of the topic than the acuity of the question.
I agree with this statement. I do believe that meaningful questions, that both sharpens your thinking and requires a deeper level of understanding are more important than comfortability and “appropriateness”. Especially with what’s going on in Minneapolis right now, I think it’s even more important to start asking questions they may make you uncomfortable but will help you improve your knowledge on certain topics and develop a better understanding of what is happening in our communities.
We know that the United States Congress ought not to repeal regulatory legislation without understanding why the regulation was created in the first place;
I don’t understand exactly what this sentence means because I forget what it means to “repeal regulatory legislation”. After looking it up, it means to “remove from legal frame work”, for example, abolish a law. Thus makes more sense when connecting it the rest of the paragraph where it talks about why, when considering migration and refugee policies, it is important to consider the history behind why they were created and how they still affect people today.