me? i don’t even flinch. i look at the waiter and go, “vous avez appelé la dératisation ?”
“oui, madame,” la gentille serveuse me répond.

and i just keep sipping my wine, reading my book, while the rat continues its little parisian promenade.

then a rat—oui, une souris—just walks across the floor like it’s clocking in for its shift. the girl next to me jumps dimensions. the two guys with beers flip their table. the rat does another lap, calm, confident, fully in control of the situation.

There is no similar questioning as to whether Cuomo, who is literally providing support for a war criminal as he acts as a member of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s, should be feared by Muslims and other New Yorkers."

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I am fearful for those students who are not citizens, and whose future in an academia under attack feels uncertain. I am fearful that no lessons have been learned since 2001, and that the hate this country has allowed to fester for so long destroys the vision of humanity New Yorkers are voting for."

I am fearful for his safety in a country that has wielded the force of the state against Black and brown communities, against our leaders, time and time again.