THE GUILT OF EVERYTHING.

• Date: 01 December 2022
• Author: Farsad, Negin

Oh my God, you're such a good citizen. You went to a bulb-planting event at your local park, and you enthusiastically wielded a shovel. You introduced yourself to this and that neighbor. You showed interest in daffodil placement! In raking! You were so good.

Then you got invited to the local precinct's community council meeting. You say to yourself, hmm ... I really should go. You check your overpacked schedule. It's hard. I better make that work, you tell yourself. I should be a part of this community council meeting. By the way, what is a community council meeting? No matter, you already know that if you don't go it's like you've given up on your community. So much for civic engagement.

No, no, you must go. You're such a good citizen!

You hear about a vigil going on for the protests in Iran. In this scenario, you're an Iranian American, so you have to go. It's horrible what's happening, you have family...