I’ve been on the Road to Jericho. 50 of us— on a bus— part of a tour sponsored by St. Georges’s College. 50 of us, to include two brown skin people— me and a South Asian male. We were sitting near the back of the bus. We reached a checkpoint. The Israeli military boarded. They passed all the “white” people. They stopped at us. One looked at me with my short hair— figured I was female(?) and then turned to my travel mate and asked for his ID. Then they left. No one on the bus said anything to us……..
I wish I could be surprised by this. It's all too familiar to me ... which means I can't even begin to imagine how familiar it is to you -- especially the silence of your busmates. Thank you for your witness.
I’ve been on the Road to Jericho. 50 of us— on a bus— part of a tour sponsored by St. Georges’s College. 50 of us, to include two brown skin people— me and a South Asian male. We were sitting near the back of the bus. We reached a checkpoint. The Israeli military boarded. They passed all the “white” people. They stopped at us. One looked at me with my short hair— figured I was female(?) and then turned to my travel mate and asked for his ID. Then they left. No one on the bus said anything to us……..
I wish I could be surprised by this. It's all too familiar to me ... which means I can't even begin to imagine how familiar it is to you -- especially the silence of your busmates. Thank you for your witness.