Monday, November 3, 2008

Vote



Do it for Hillary Clinton, Do it for Rock Hudson, Do it for Elizabeth Taylor, Do it for James Baldwin, Do it for Martin Luther King, Do it for Rosa Parks, Do it for Matthew Shepard, Do it for Harriett Tubman, Do it for Sonia Sanchez, Do it for Cesar Chavez, Do it for Malcolm X, Do it for Del Martin, Do it for Obama's Grandmother, Do it for Jaime Escalante, Do it for Gloria Molina, Do it for Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Do it for Judy Chicago, Do it for every Japanese person shipped to Manzanar, Do it for the Pachuco's at Sleepy Lagoon, do it to spite those sailors, sixty years later, Do it for the kids who walked out of class in the 60's, 90's and 00's, do it for every sweat shop worker in every urban city, do it for every dish washer in Beverly Hills, laborer sweating on the corner of a Home Depot, do it for every person in the shadows who can't do it for themselves, do it so they can, and Do it for you.