As an immigrant from China, Chenyuan Snider sees America in a different way from those who were born here, differently from the negative view now being taught in our school systems.
"She is, she says, "overwhelmed" when she thinks of the privileges she has as an American citizen. As one who had years of personal life experience in the two cultures, she offers her perspective to Americans who can only theorize about what it's like to live in China. She's on a mission to open their eyes and tell her story.
"As a fellow Christian, she's horrified that about half of us don't exercise our minimum civic responsibility to vote in elections. We have a right to engage with government policies, to organize on behalf of what we believe to be right. The Chinese don't. They are helpless to influence the direction of their government when it moves against their values.
Because "we have both power and opportunity to influence a political outcome, to remain silent would welcome the flourishing of evil in our society . . ."
from January post
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