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” CITIZENSHIP HAS NEVER FACED AS GREAT A CHALLENGE IN FIFTY YEARS. AS WE STEP
BACK AND CONSIDER THE RAGE, THE VIOLENCE, THE HATE, AND THE DENIAL OF BASIC
HUMANITY AND DIGNITY THAT THOSE WHO INVADED CHARLOTTESVILLE DISPLAYED ON AUGUST
11 AND 12, WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE URGENCY. THIS IMPERFECT REPUBLIC HAS
STRUGGLED FOR 241 YEARS TO BE MORE PERFECT, AND THE EXPANSION OF THE DEFINITION
AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF CITIZENSHIP HAVE BEEN AT THE CORE. NOW WE FIND OURSELVES
MOVING BACKWARD, DEEPENING DIVISIONS, DENYING THE BASIC WORTHINESS OF OUR
NEIGHBORS. TO SAVE THIS REPUBLIC WE MUST CHART A PATH FORWARD TO INCLUSIVE AND
EXPANSIVE CITIZENSHIP. TO DO THAT WE MUST GENERATE NORMS AND FORUMS THAT CAN
UNITE US. OUR CURRENT FORUMS — ESPECIALLY FACEBOOK — ONLY FRACTURE AND DEEPEN
OUR INABILITY TO RECOGNIZE AND VALUE OUR FELLOW CITIZENS. IF WE REALLY WANT TO
QUASH VIOLENCE OVER THE LONG TERM, FOSTERING A SPIRIT OF ENGAGED CITIZENSHIP IS
THE ONLY WAY.” 



— SIVA VAIDHYANATHAN, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR MEDIA AND CITIZENSHIP




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