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‘How can I be brave?’ Too often, it’s our young people who need to ask that question, who need to stand up to terrible decisions adults impose upon them.
Too often it’s our young people who need to ask that question, who need to stand up to terrible decisions adults impose upon them. I wanted to write about those teens—the kids who are finding their voices and learning the power of collective action and protest who are acting more responsibly than the actual adults in the room.
“We’ve heard enough of this woke nonsense,” Hawley’s voice booms from behind me. I don’t turn around. “My parents have been taking me and my sister to the public library ever since we were little kids. We did the summer reading club and story hours. That library had a sign that read, ‘All are welcome.’ That’s what a library should be— a welcoming place, a place where every kid can feel at home. That library is where I first learned how you could get lost in a good book, how a book could be a portal to different worlds, a time machine, a rocket ship, a source of comfort.
The moment around me slows and blurs. Ms. Jensen stands and claps. Others join her. A few people shout, “Let them read!” Hawley’s face turns bright red. Ms. Jensen reiterates her motion. There’s a second. Then a cacophony of angry, overlapping voices. Some people are calling my name, but I can’t see who. All I see is my mom moving toward me, holding her arms out and pulling me into her. I breathe into her shoulder, the softness of her sweater soaking up some of my tears.
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