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I have a question. This is our first year homeschooling, and my kid is doing this LL grade 4, and my kid hates the amount of reading. I did think it was a heavy material. How did your daughter make it through reading all those pages and still remember the details? TIA

You must complement Maus with the graphic novels Palestine and Footnotes on Gaza by Joe Sacco ... Will be a good study. Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela y Davies is Awesome . Culture and Imperialism by Edward Said is another great book . Hegemony or Survival ; Americas quest for global dominance by Noam Chomsky is another good one . Orientalism by Edward Said 100 years War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi , a very very good book . So is Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé . Caste by Isabel Wilkerson Except for Palestine: The limits of progressive politics by Marc Lamont Hill

🇬🇧 Our new UK government, FREE SPEECH HAS BEEN COMPLETELY CLOSED DOWN. Prison just for a tweet . Police calling round. YOU ARE LUCKY IN AMERICA.

Thank you for this. We are on a similar journey/struggle.

Just want to share my gratitude for your continued commitment to loving-justice. Even though I'm not American, this election has had a big impact on us, both emotionally and politically. As a result, I am starting to do a book club for young children where we read picture books about kindness, protecting the planet, seeing and helping homeless people, normalising LGBT families etc. ❤

Love the crafty activism book! I’ve been working on a unit on activist art and this would be perfect! Also, I put the book On Tyranny on hold as the library after we talked after the election and I accidentally got the graphic novel. It’s excelllent!

I have been in a very similar place the last couple of weeks ❤ Taking small steps to get back into things and Emily’s recommendations were timely and perfect as we also got quite a few of her books. Thank you for being this voice that we need right now as we move forward

I appreciate everything you’re saying and your courage❤

Thank you for sharing these resources!❤

In the discussion regarding homeschool, what is your opinion on Build Your Library? Specifically level 5&6, the American History levels? I know you spend a lot of time looking into curriculums and I’m trying to decide on an American history for my kids. I’m indecisive between build your library and a few others.

Thank you Michelle I hope to hear even more❤

Homeschooling Democratic mom here in the red state of Florida. So yes, there was a sea of red but there is more blue in red states than is visible.

I think it’s kind of wild to say you see a map of racism… yet to also say you’re unbiased. This is the most biased rant I’ve ever heard. People probably don’t engage in this kind of discourse on homeschool UA-cam because this kind of discourse on the internet usually quickly turns into your own echo chamber. It is usually more useful in person. I disagree with a LOT of things you say pretty often but I don’t unsubscribe or make massive judgements about your entire character. I’m a black woman who grew up in poverty and in a dangerous neighborhood. My black husband immigrated from the Caribbean as a child and grew up very poor in the southern US… We both got college executions in STEM fields. He has a masters degree in STEM, and he makes a lot of money. This adulthood is the first time in our lives that we are not in poverty. My husband has done lots of community outreach since college…yet we are both decidedly not democrats after seeing the harm that the welfare state has done to the impoverished American communities we grew up in and worked with. If you don’t think a lot of the blue map is not racist and sexist and homophobic, you’re kidding yourself majorly. While white liberals who try to be “anti” those things are in the blue group, the blue group is comprised of much more than people “like you”. The same thing applies to say the stereotypical racist archetypes belongs mostly in the red, but the red is made up of much more people “than that”. Imagine being a woman, especially a white woman walking through the neighborhood i grew up in after dark. Instant consequences. No one in the hood gives a flying flip about your gender preferences. Very few will actually respect you as a woman or even a human being. Of course there are good individuals there but if you just “walk around”, the opposites will find you. Many of my friends are on either side of the vote. I have met racist entitled democrats and republican racist redneck uncles of my republican friends. I have known republicans and democrats who both stand up for racism and basic human rights in both political arenas and every day ways. It is wild to push that things red or blue = bad or good. I’d love to talk more about this and engage in actual discourse but I don’t think UA-cam will like this long comment. I’m not trying to change your mind and definitely not change your vote but goodness, I do not think the people should be rallying against each other so much based on these rash judgments when you don’t even know their lives or experiences.

Thank you for this video Michelle. I agree that this has been a very hard week. From one blue dot to another, your family is not alone!

What are your thoughts on the droves of leftists going on social media telling trump supporters they “deserve to be SA’d”, that trump supporters should unalive themselves, educators telling poor people they are stupid and should get a better job if they can’t afford groceries, educators screaming and going on tirades that are being recorded in the classroom, educators telling people they hope the person/people who voted for trump will have an unplanned pregnancy? The leftists going online bragging about walking up to strangers with trump bumper stickers and calling them all sorts of curse words for no other reason than the sticker? The leftists going online literally saying they want to unalive trump supporters? I could go on, but we would be here all day. You are very very privileged to laugh and dismiss people who are desperate for more affordable groceries (and more affordable everything). It’s mind blowing that you actually think that over half the country came out to vote because they “don’t care” about the country. I’ve never seen such hatred as what comes from the left. It’s like a cult, where truth and peace do not matter. There is a lot of being hate being spread, but it’s from the left.

While I appreciate your vulnerability and perspective I have to say this is a very divisive video. The way you are talking about all Trump supporters or as you put it half of America as being hateful, ignorant, uneducated etc. has made you sound exactly like what you are describing them as. Life is all about perspective. Deep down everyone wants the same things but we all see different ways to get there. It doesn't make them less than, uneducated, unable to critically think, or full of hate simply because they see things in a different way. I know alot of Trump supporters that are nothing like what you describe them to be. In fact every Trump supporter I know is nothing like that. In my opinion this is just adding to the hate and division in this country. I am not a Trump supporter and never have been but what we should be doing is seeing how we can all come together to heal this country because in the end we are all on the same side. And talking about each other in this manner is going to get us nowhere. It seems to me that each side of the political spectrum has put the other side in a box and assigned them all a very inaccurate persona. We need love and unity. The only way to get that is to see, speak, and think only love and unity. Rather than add to the division and hate. Even if your preferred candidate was not chosen you still get to decide how you will contribute to the healing and division in this country by how you think, speak, and view it all. Much love to you.

You are the mirror image of all that you dislike in the world.

I encourage anyone who feels attacked by Michelle's message, or who thinks she is being hypocritical, to consider "The Paradox of Tolerance." Some of us care so deeply about basic human rights, dignities, and respect that we have a moral obligation to be intolerant of people who are intolerant of basic human rights for ALL (when your bigotry affects MY rights- I have permission to be intolerant). If you want to feel triggered about being called "ignorant," then you are missing the point entirely - this is not about YOU. It's about the fundamental difference in our ethics and morals, of which require some of us to forcibly object to (aka be intolerant of) the type of harmful intolerance that can potentially lead this country and the rights of certain citizens into authoritarianism and oppression. On the topic of hope (and as a woman of color), I will say that the cards have ALWAYS been stacked against us, and we have ALWAYS fought to make this country better and to bring actualization to the vision that "all men are created equal". We have never and will never stop fighting for that vision. Thank you Michelle for being an outspoken voice for human decency. Please don't leave UA-cam!!!

Thank you. I have felt numb all week and you spoke so eloquently everything I have been thinking.

This week has been filled with so much sadness, fear, anger, hurt, disbelief, etc. You have done a great job articulating where we go from here. It is so important to let your kids feel their emotions and then allow them to take actionable steps that give them hope and the knowledge that their words and actions still matter.

The pain in your voice is evident and you expressed so much that I've been feeling this week. I was not able to do school on Wednesday but slowly we've gotten more done and we're back at it, though I'm not myself yet. We don't want to talk about the deportations around my son, 6, as my husband's family are immigrants (permanent residents) and he's the only one who has been naturalized... Normally I would, but we don't want him to be afraid for his family. This sucks. It all sucks. I'm so worried. It's not about politics, it just isn't. We can disagree on how we spend tax revenue but not about how we treat others.

Thank you for speaking about this. There is something fishy about those results. Something just doesn't sit right. The win was almost too perfect. He said himself he would do things to manipulate the results. If he won fairly that's fine, but there aren't that many hateful people in this country. However, I feel like you get what you asked for. As a Black, highly educated woman, I'm going to sit back and watch. We are tired. The people who voted for him are going to get exactly what they asked for and it won't be good. And they don't to critically think. They want to hate. They want to remain brainwashed that white is right and supreme. The tables will turn. I'm certain of it. Be of good courage Michelle. We will all get through this. I have a Black son. I'm afraid DAILY but I do believe in God and I have to know this happened for a reason. That's the only way I am able to leave my house. I have to keep going and living.

I deeply appreciate your voice ❤ I have been quiet on my channel about this topic but you give me the courage to speak. We are a LGBTQ🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈AuDHD family who is struggling and the path of our life has drastically changed over the past week. Last year we had to leave FL, now we are going to leave the USA 😢 I am terrified for those who want to leave but can’t. Guilt, heartbreak, fear, and even a little excitement for the possibility of finding somewhere we can finally be safe and stop running. It’s been a DIFFICULT week for so many. Your voice is so important. THANK YOU ❤

I'm in CA, I voted for Trump because of RFK Jr. and the MAHA movement and our country's chronic disease and obesity rate that is not being addressed. I assure you that most Trump voters are not racist or negative. There are only 2 political options, and people have many reasons for choosing one side. I'm also Latina and have a gay brother. We can't be so black and white.

Oh this video is awesome thank you! Im on a ELA journey, diving deep into making their ELA well rounded. More so thinking about my third grader! But great stuff here thanks!

Michelle, thank you for using your voice on this topic! I see some of these comments are a little triggered by being called ignorant or uneducated - but I have no sympathy for them! We will all be impacted by these policies, and many families are going to be hurt or torn apart if even half of these policies he's promised come to fruition. The morning after I noticed a few people in my feed were celebrating Trump's victory; these posts were buried in others from my queer friends worrying about what will happen to their marriages and the kids caught in the middle, what will happen to my trans friends who may lose access to their medications, my friends who are people of color when Trump offers full immunity to police officers in a country where black and brown people are targeted by police at a rate 10 times higher, friends who are not privileged enough to homeschool and rely on IEPs or 504s, people who have put family planning on hold because god-forbid they have complicated pregnancies, small businesses in my community who are already preparing for Trumps 'well thought out' economic plan in hopes to stay afloat the next four years. These are people's lives and livelihoods! It's like the right can't understand people of color, women, queer people, children are ALL going to be impacted by these policies - some in ways that tear apart families and put others actual lives at risk. I'm sick of hearing the economic reasons people voted for Trump because he inherited the last economy he took credit for and I'm not convinced he even understands what a tarriff is, he discredited medical professionals during COVID at the cost of human lives, he sparked confidence in racist who found an ally in him (groups like the KKK), he called Black Lives Matter protestors 'dogs' and made it clear those protesting were 'the enemy within,' his mass deportation plan that will create a witch hunt and othering, not to mention his felony charges which unfortunately won't ever see the light of day and his assault charges. I'm a queer woman with a biracial daughter, who has suffered multiple miscarriages in which I needed medical intervention to save my life. People like me are your neighbors, friends, family - and these votes for Trump made me feel very unsafe for myself and my child in some of my circles. We can no longer 'agree to disagree' or claim 'I don't agree with everything he does' when we allowed this type of man to lead our country. You're either ignorant or you don't care about your fellow human being because you're too privileged to see how this is going to hurt these marginalized groups.

If it helps.... When you think of that geographical map... I'm in Arkansas. I moved out here from CA a decade ago. And I am surrounded by friends who are feeling this loss and devastation. Yes, our state voted overwhelmingly Republican. But we ARE here. In surprisingly larger numbers than you would imagine, at least in my area. I was pretty shocked when I saw the percentages in my state though. We all knew it was going red but I really didn't think it would go THAT red. I guess you just gravitate to people with your same moral compass. But I appreciate your video and loved the explanation for WHY we are crying. It literally has nothing to do with our candidate losing and everything to do with our empathy. They can't understand that or they would've voted differently.

Thank you for posting this, your ability to face what's challenging is so helpful. I think the idea that people are being "fooled" into voting for a far-right candidate gives too much benefit of the doubt. The sad reality is that the move away from fact and science-based analysis allows them to justify their goal: to support a christo- fascist white nationalist autocracy. People are actively and critically thinking, and still choosing fascism, not because they were duped, but because they like what it has to offer. They are thinking critically, but they don't have empathy or care for people different from them. Disproving experts, ignoring credible, peer-reviewed research-- all of that allows for plausible deniability for the despicable truth: people think that fascism will deliver more to them than democracy. To all the trump supporters in your comments: you're twisting her words when you say she's calling you ignorant, and you know it. Take your manufactured outrage elsewhere.

Imagine being so arrogant, the only way you can imagine someone has a different view than you is because they’re stupid and they don’t know any better.

I agree. A lot of people who voted for him will be like it’s the grocery prices or the economy or I am not racist but they voted for a man, an immoral, hateful man who has said repeatedly he will take away rights from women and others. He is forming groups as we speak to round up immigrants who are vital to our economy because you really think others will step up and do the hard labor they do? I don’t. Bigotry is winning and that’s sad and embarrassing.

I understand you. When you keep certain people out of your life, sometimes you forget they are out there, and they are millions and millions. Just because we can keep them out of our lives, they won't magically disappear. I would like to press the forward button and be in 2028 and see how it went.

Unfortunately, the people around me who voted for Trump care more about the supposed tax breaks and marginalization of the LBGTQIA+ community than the basic human rights you were speaking of. Narrow-minded and self-centered would be the descriptors I would use for their justifications in supporting such a hateful dictator.

You are spot on!! We are secular progressive liberal homeschoolers and I love your channel.

What’s crazy is you’re calling every trump voter a racist, but he had record numbers of black and Hispanic voters. Are those people racist as well? You quickly dismiss people who voted for him for economic reasons, but the most economically oppressed people are non white people and LGBT+ people. Do they not get to vote for someone they believe can help them afford food and housing? Not everyone who voted for trump is a white racist. None of the people I know who voted for trump are racists or hateful. They love ALL people. Apparently gone are the days when someone was allowed to vote differently than you without being called stupid and lacking critical thinking skills. You’re just instilling in your children the very hate and intolerance you rail against.

You are saying that half of your fellow Americans are ignorant and that they support hate. Goodness me. Please re-watch and see the irony. By the words you have chosen to use, you are being those same things that you are saying half of the population is. I do though appreciate your voice to reflect on the outcome of the election.

Respectfully I disagree with you but I don’t appreciate being called ignorant. I still know you are a good person but a lot of what you are saying is not fair to say.

Thank you so much for this. I've been watching your channel for a few months now, and I'm so glad that I'm finally finding the homeschooling channels that resonate with me and what I hope to accomplish with my 11-year old daughter. I greatly appreciate what you're doing.

I have watched your channel knowing we view things differently and that has never bothered me. I like to hear other peoples perspectives. I am disappointed to listen to this and hear you say over and over again that because my views are different than yours I am uneducated and don’t think critically. I do my research, I put in the hard work and I want to teach my children from my world view perspective in the same way you want to teach from yours. This does not make the education my children receive less than.

Yes! Yes! Yes! And YES!!! Thank you for your bravery in posting this commentary on a platform and in an environment that can be so harsh. The fight for intellectualism, humanity, and love will continue on throughout time against power, lies, and corruption. Our new tool in this battle against hate is educating our children in scientific and historical truth, as well as critical thinking just as you so eloquently explain.

Thank you for posting this. I see you. I feel you. And I value you. 💙

I live in very red Indiana. We dont participate in co ops here because our values are not inline with the families who homeschool. We do encounter these families at the library and in my sons soccer organization. Its scary the resources i hear being used as sources education in the local homeschool communities. Im so sad and heartbroken for our country right now. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Its very hard not to give up hope right now.

I always admire your courage and voice on here.❤

I love your channel and I voted for Trump. I don't stand for hate and I don't believe he does either. At the same time, I understand your pain and frustration. I felt the same way when Obama and Biden won. It feels so heavy and oppressive when the leader of your entire country feels so differently than you about extremely important issues. Anyway, all this to say I see you and I'm sorry. I know it's been a really hard week.

Parents teach their kids to hate others. We are not that far from the civil rights movement. There’s a reason Republicans want to gut education. To teach religion and corporatize schools. Having uninformed voters is a bonus for them. I homeschool but I teach secular. I don’t agree with intelligent design. Banning books is ridiculous. Propaganda plays a huge part because Russia and Elon Musk pretty much interfered online with disinformation. Crazy how the old GOP was scared of Russia and communism and here we are. That party is so far to the right they are willing to abandon democracy and accept fascism. Now people are going to have to fight for rights again when they are taken away. I know the Republicans have been working on repealing Obergefell vs. Hodges at the state level. Guess who packed the court with far right judges.

The polarization and division between Americans resumes.... I am the last person to bring up the Bible, but this is the first time in my life I have ever thought "Yes, this really IS the world the book of Revelations is describing". Modern day Christians do NOT go around quoting what it says Christian people will be like in the end times. Surprise! Because many of todays "evangelicals" fit that book's descriptions to a T. Don't believe me? Read it. It it also alludes to the introduction of AI and how extremely difficult it is going to become for people to know what is real and what is illusion. Buckle up for 4 years of non-stop insanity, political incompetence, and religious hypocrisy. Those who voted once again for the orange balloon did not get a "wall" nor a reduction in prices for food the last time around and won't this time either but the rich elite will indeed grow richer, which is the real agenda of the T administration. Guess who will pay for all the mass deportation? The working class. YOU. Someday you will have to explain to your grand-kids that THIS is what you saddled them with.

Love this and you! ❤

Thank you for speaking out in this very honest video, I’m right there with you. And today was not the day to listen to channels that just buried it like it doesn’t exist. It was hard to see that half the country wants this. It’s hard to see family agree with it and promote it. But I’ll continue to teach my children that we go on and we continue to fight for ourselves and even for the people that made the choices that will hurt them. Even the moms that voted to expand the racism and to have their daughters lose their rights, we hope to see you on the other side

The democrats threw the election by having a candidate whom was not voted in by the party. Saying anyone who voted red is racist is a very dangerous and polarizing way to view those who voted for trump. Red does not equal anti science or racist or fascist there may be some of those within the party but it does not represent the entire party. It’s like saying all democrats are trans. Having faith in God over politics is key in situations like this. No party can change Gods love for you keep that in mind when trying to make sense of the senseless political climate right now.

I thank you for posting this. It’s hard to be vocal and I commend you. Thanks for always being a homeschool momma who is strong and helps so many of us following you.

Thank you! I wish I could find people like you around me.