Given everything that she had read, that appeared to be the story worth telling. With all great parables, there is an underlying message in that story. That underlying message is that there are these stories that we hear over and over and over again. We hear them so much, that they go by without interrogation. Without question. And they begin to frame our worldview. They begin to frame the way we see the world. So for instance, she says, africa is poor. Immigrants are mexicans. And legal. The poor and illegal. The poor do not work. When you begin to interrogate those stories, you had a very different understanding of how the world works. I also grew up with the same story. It was the story told over and over again. About what authentic black leadership looked like. What is said, how it said it and it was of course, militants. Defiant. And it had swagger. And of course, it wore leather. But like adichie, i grew up. But somehow those stories did not. This is erased from major history tex
She explains as a young girl has used to write these stories about girls who are blind eating apples in the snow, and then there were more blondes, and more. And her mother said, child, do you know youre in nigeria . And she said well yes, but all of the book that she read had blondes eating apples and playing in the snow. Given everything that she had read, that appeared to be the story worth telling. With all great parables, there is an underlying message in that story. That underlying message is that there are these stories that we hear over and over and over again. We hear them so much, that they go by without interrogation. Without question. And they begin to frame our worldview. They begin to frame the way we see the world. So for instance, she says, africa is poor. Immigrants are mexicans. And legal. The poor and illegal. The poor do not work. When you begin to interrogate those stories, you had a very different understanding of how the world works. I also grew up with the same
Capacity in u. S. Peacekeeping forces may not be a bad thing to think about. They cost a fraction of what it costs to deploy a force we pay 26 cents on the dollar for the forces not to mention the differential between the cost of fielding a un force and the cost of fielding an american force. Its an order of magnitude at least if not more. So my question would be hell much time do we or should we spend trying to factor in institutions like the United Nations into our defense posture . I guess once way of saying it is how much do we think about outsourcing. Last question. It seems to me that if we are discussing the future of american defense, we might give some thought to thinking about a future of the american relationship with china. And im wondering whether you see china as a potential ally with whom cooperation becomes a norm or whether you see it as a rival against whom the u. S. House to position itself in one way or another. Im not going to try to comment on everything that was
Submitted to the clerk. Its acted upon today will appear on february 14 agenda unless otherwise stated. Can you please call items 1 and 2 together . Item number 1, resolution approving redesignation of two temporary selling spaces on post street, northwest corner, at stockton street for sick months for street artists certified by the Arts Commission. And item number 2 is a resolution approving redid he nation of one selling space on leavenworth street, west side, at jefferson street, for sick months for street artists certified by the Arts Commission; exempting said space from the regulations of police code,ections 2405 c 6 and 11 , prohibiting selling within ten feet from the outer edge of any entrance to any building and prohibiting selling within five feet of the display of any other street artist. ~ and this was forwarded to us by the Arts Commission and mr. La czar is here for the commission. Thank you, supervisors, for having me here ~. These are two housekeeping measures, and th
So, when you had created your resolution approving that space on leavenworth street for six months, it was with the exemption of those two regulations. And it was a six months designation. Were asking now that you make it another six months just to see how it goes. Okay, thank you very much. Colleagues, any initial questions or comments . Okay, seeing none, i thank you, mr. La czar. We are opening up for Public Comment. Is there any i dont have any Public Comment cards for items 1 or 2. Is there any Public Comment on item 1 and or item 2 . Seeing none, well close Public Comment. [gavel] and, colleagues, could i get a motion to forward items 1 and 2 to the board of supervisors with positive recommendation . By supervisor kim, and well take that without objection. [gavel] madam clerk, will you please call item number 3 . Item number 3 is an ordinance amending the planning code to establish the 1500 page street Affordable Housing special use district for the property located at 1500 page