“On your Earth…” she said, when he met her eyes, “On your Earth do they allow education of equal merit to people of all genders and…and ‘colours’?”
“Yes, of course” he’d said, without thinking, mind busy imagining the kind of indignities she must have seen in the populations she met here.
“Then why,” she had replied kindly, “are almost all the people in your team white men?” You kick ass.
You built a sense of fear, of being constantly watched. I really love the finale: “We will save our friends” she said, a promise. “And then our acquaintances and then we will save this planet. We have done more with less before.”
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Date: 2008-08-22 06:38 pm (UTC)“Yes, of course” he’d said, without thinking, mind busy imagining the kind of indignities she must have seen in the populations she met here.
“Then why,” she had replied kindly, “are almost all the people in your team white men?”
You kick ass.
You built a sense of fear, of being constantly watched. I really love the finale: “We will save our friends” she said, a promise. “And then our acquaintances and then we will save this planet. We have done more with less before.”