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This is … My Rewrite of Emma Lazarus’s Poem

August 14, 2019 Maya Leave a comment
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I regret that it’s time for this again. Some of you may have heard a song I wrote for the…

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Posted in: Mashed Potatoes, This is... Filed under: Emma Lazarus, immigration, Jeff and Maya Bohnhoff, lyrics, Mobiüs Street, Mother of Exiles, music, poem, rewriting history, satire, Statue of Liberty

Facts, Damn Facts, and Factoids

September 2, 2016 Maya Leave a comment
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You may have heard it stated as fact recently that “a 2011 report from the Government Accountability Office found that…

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Posted in: Mashed Potatoes Filed under: demonization, facts, immigration, politics and social issues, statistics, statistics lies and damn lies

Abdu’l-Bahá on Kindness & Sympathy Towards Strangers & Foreigners

August 26, 2016 Maya Leave a comment
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The following is the transcript of a talk given on October 16th and 17th, 1911 in Paris, France by Abdu’l-Bahá Abbas,…

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Posted in: Mashed Potatoes Filed under: Abdu'l-Bahá, empathy, foreigners, immigration, kindness to strangers, love, refugees, sympathy

Living in the Gam Saan: a Tale of Two Californias

August 27, 2015 Maya Leave a comment
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I was not happy to move to California when I was 15. Having just buried my father and shut the…

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Posted in: Mashed Potatoes Filed under: alternate realities, California, illegal immigrants, immigration, politics and social issues, real America, real California, reality, state of the union, undocumented immigrants

Borders Part 2: Wiggle Room

December 1, 2014 Maya Leave a comment
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I often find myself asking people how the teachings of Christ can be reconciled with some of the attitudes of…

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Posted in: Mashed Potatoes Filed under: asylum, borders, faith groups, illegal immigrants, immigration, Mexico, refugees, South America, undocumented immigrants

You Keep Your Card: DREAMers Meet King

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(This article was also published on DailyKOS). Public policy has personal consequences and it concerns me that an elected official of…

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Posted in: Mashed Potatoes Filed under: cantaloupe calves, DACA, DREAM Act, DREAMers, illegal immigrants, immigration, Steve King, undocumented immigrants

Borders Part 1: Suffer the Little Children

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Go to any article, news story or blog discussing the immigration issue and/or the current refugee crisis on our southern…

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Posted in: Mashed Potatoes Filed under: bigotry, border crisis, Christ, Christianity, El Salvador, Guatemala, hatred, Honduras, illegal immigrants, immigration, Mexico, racism, refugees, South America, undocumented immigrants

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