The Children Are No Longer Our Future

Photo: Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images Whitney Houston’s 1985 cover of “Greatest Love of All” is part of the soundtrack to my own childhood: “I believe the children are our future / Teach them well and let them lead the way.” I was 4 when the song first hit the radio, and growing up, the lyrics echoed from the adult mouths around me — we were the future. It’s one of the ways that we welcome children into the body politic.

This is what the end of the future looks like just under a decade after it happened the first time, in Newtown, Connecticut. The adults have now, as then, abdicated responsibility to solve the problem. Nobody believes children are the future anymore. They cannot believe it, while having the power to do everything, and choosing to do nothing.

Clearly our country has decided that the future of America lies with its guns and not its children. The famed Black feminist writer Toni Cade Bambara once wrote, “Children are eternally valid, are eternally the reason for right action.” Bambara’s wish was clearly not of this world. When dead American children cannot compel action, in a society that is obsessed with “parental rights” and forced birth, ostensibly for the sake of the children, the end is near.

ProfessorCrunk You can't make a song out of that.

ProfessorCrunk

ProfessorCrunk Do you REALLY believe that laws that prevent gun ownership will stop mass shootings ? If your answer is yes then I have a bridge for sale for you.

ProfessorCrunk 'When dead American children cannot compel action, in a society that is obsessed with “parental rights” and forced birth, ostensibly for the sake of the children, the end is near.'

ProfessorCrunk Our country has not decided this…the republicans have decided this. Put the blame where it belongs

ProfessorCrunk What a load of virtue signalling nonsense. Our society and the system as a whole hasn't cared about its children for a long time and it has nothing to do with guns.

ProfessorCrunk I once saw a movie where only the police & military had guns. It was called “Schindler’s List”.

ProfessorCrunk I think they decided it’s with greed and power over Country and People 🤷🏽‍♀️

ProfessorCrunk What is 'our country.' And how can 'a country' decide anything, Fake News.

ProfessorCrunk Who needs ISIS when you are hostage to NRA. Enjoy the occupation, seems to be the status quo.

ProfessorCrunk Speak for yourself, that's how I roll to the grocery store. And love every minute of it.

Patbagley ProfessorCrunk

ProfessorCrunk But the decision was taken for the country? or the country should act against the companies and senators that take no action?

ProfessorCrunk So now? Get crunk!

ProfessorCrunk Excellent article. The closing hits the nail on the head.

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