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# Returning to our past instead
- URL: https://www.notunmindful.org/returning-to-our-past-instead/
- Published: 2025-07-15T14:49:12.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-06T21:01:32.000Z
- Description: An article pointing out that America has lost it's moral compass.
- Author: Timothy Truxell
- Tags: Immigration, Racism

[John Pavlovitz, on his substack argues that America is experiencing a profound moral crisis, not just political dysfunction.](https://johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-is-losing-its-soul-in-brown)

I'd argue that we are just returning to the racist norm. But he makes very good points. 

- He contends that the nation's "soul is dying" due to what they describe as widespread mistreatment of brown-skinned immigrants (ed. note, I'd add all people of color here—I remember George Floyd, Ahmaud Aubery, etc.)
- He presents a contrast between the "screams" of those being harmed and the "silence" of privileged white Americans who arguably are failing to respond
- He calls for white Americans to actively oppose what the systematic brutalization of immigrant communities
- Remaining silent in the face of perceived injustice is itself a moral failure

**Our Call to Action**

I agree with the final bit 100%. 

****"Find the courage to speak with clarity"**

"Silence will not protect anyone from eventual consequences."

That is our mission here as well.

*Non in cautus futuri.*

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