I remember my first trip to Buffalo Hill with Barry. we were doing a home visit and I was very anxious because the family was infamous in our district.
I was not sure what to expect of this video because I don't know the area or the preconceived notion of Buffalo Rd. I wasn't too surprised about anything - but I did feel concern for the student and her responses.
Okay, so the Jungle was mentioned at the beginning of this exercise, so I watched the whole thing in a confused state! I didn't have a way to clarify what we were doing.
I expected to see low-income families and the hardships they endure.
I was surprised to see/hear the personal stories of the residents and the positive spirit that they try to maintain. Also, the sense of belonging that the residents have.
As educators we need to respect where all of our students are raised. The environment in which a student is raised isn't worse because it is different then how we live. In actuality their environment might have advantages that our environment does not.
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I was surprised to see the people who live there, live there by choice and are proud of it. I expected to see them described as unkept, long hair , etc. I was surprised to see older women felt more safe on Buffalo Road then in Slaterville Springs.
The comment by the child about Buffalo Hill being called "a slum" and hurting her feelings made me see that ANY slum area has the same stereotypical views attached to it that B.H. has. Some residents still said, "Those people..." when speaking of B.H. The residents of B.H. seemed to have discrimination of "city people". I wonder how the B.H. residents feel about African Americans, Jews, etc. It seems they are more alike than different.
The folks on Buffalo Hill would like to keep their community as it is. Everyone has a right to his or her own lifestyle, they said. Progress means locked doors. And yet we drag our teachers and students into a world defined by technology rather than community. There are probably few computers on "The Hill" and no high speed internet access, little money for ipods and wiis and blackberries and other high tech toys. Should we feel sorry for them? Or envy them?
Having lived in Slatterville at one point during my life I had to travel up and down Buffalo Road daily. I agree that it is very important to be respectful of people's lifestyles, choices and families. I think the 'movie short" left many things out, one of which was the burning of trash and toxic materials (rubber tires, refrigerators, metal, plastic etc.) quite frequently by some of the people who lived on Buffalo Road.
the film causes one to consider what is thought to be a comfortable life for people of different backgrounds. The film also provides perspective for how different the living conditions are for some of the people in the film compared to my life.
It is important to understand and respect all people and where they come from. It is also important to understand that this documentary comes from a singular point of view. It would be interesting to get multiple points of view on this subject.
I expected to see kind, caring people with sincere wishes of well-being for their neighbors.
I was surprised to see such introspective, thoughtful metaphors for sustainable ways to live-Life is a cycle and we should live off ways provided by the land.
Question: Why does the town of Caroline 'dump' junk on Buffalo Hill Road?
After seeing "Dream Street on Buffalo Hill", I won't be so judgemental anymore when passing by the residences located there. It was very surprising to hear how they all take care of each other and even strangers that may ass their way. The people that live there have a wonderful perspective on life. It is sad that people can't be accepted as they are.
I think that people should keep their yards clean. I respect the idea that we need to " keep" the area for future generations. How will these future generations find the land if it is covered with junk?
I like the idea that everyone helps each other. I think the idea that the world is mostly " dog eat dog" is a correct one and therefore it is refreshing to find a population of people that will help a passerby in need.
If there is a difficulty in getting rid of the yard junk due to cost, then I believe that the government should offer assistance with hauling costs.
I just don't understand the " need" to surround oneself with junk to the point of making an area look like a rat's nest.
I remember, when I taught at DeWitt I would hear about families on Buffalo Hill and I would see all of the eye rolling that would happen among my colleagues...I was extremely curious and trying to gather information...This documentary was interesting, however, I have seen many places like this in rural America and from these places come smart people as well as ignorant people...and clearly stereotyping is not constructive, ever, in or out of a classroom.
This was an interesting documentary. I am unfamiliar with Buffalo Hill. When the piece started, I wondered why there was a negative connotation of Buffalo Hill. As the piece progressed, I began to understand why people may stereotype the area. Interestingly, my own perceptions and judgments began to formulate becoming guilty of stereotyping. This makes me think to the article we read this morning. As educators, we must be cognizant of our own perceptions of people.
Students will benifit as teachers become better able to understand the culture of places like Buffalo Hill Rd. Whenever teachers have the opportunity to dispell stereotypes and learn about the cultures of those that we teach, students will have greater access. Having seen their cuture, teachers will then be able to use it as an asset in the classroom.
Watching this video clip brought back memories of my childhood. I grew up in Candor. Life was so simple and yet so complex. Kids played outside from sun up to sun down. My dad traded off his work for work that he was unable to do himself. My brother worked on cars which made his property a bit cluttered, but he made a living and supported himself. We left our doors unlocked and helped our neighbors. My family did not have a lot of money, but we were very happy. I would never trade growing up in a rural community for anything.
I was struck by the opening comment about compassion, love and freedom. I was expecting a film about how terrible the prejudice is etc but it opened with tremendous positivity. I was also struck by how often the concept of freedom was shared.
I was curious about how often the speakers who I believe are resident sof Buffalo Rd referred to "they" instead of "we"...even though it seemed as though each speaker was including themselves in the description. I was also struck by their loyalty to the concept of individuality and individual freedoms while at the same time sharing their vision of life from a real communal perspective. I wondered, when the child told about a classroom experience where a classmate stood up and disparged Buffalo Rd whether the teacher ACTUALLY agreed OR did NOT intervene and so the child experienced it as teacher agreement. This seems pretty critical knowledge in the classroom.
I was also struck by the film opening with a bit of history of the place and thus, reminded again about the importance of both place and history in developing a context for appreciation.
I new learning for me was understanding the role tha "junk cars" play in the local economy and inter-community relationships. I have a much different sense of it.
Expectation: To learn about the folks who live "behind Walmart in the jungle." Surprise: It was about a different community in Caroline. The movie purposely made it hard at first to figure out just what was considered "wrong" with these folks. The stereotype is "white trash." The reality is "people are people."
This documentary is an interesting combination of community tolerance and intolerance, neighborhood and isolationism. Questions to ask:
• Are the residents of Buffalo Hill intolerant of their neighbors? • Are others really intolerant of Buffalo Hill residents (no "outsiders" were interviewed expressing this view)? Is this just self-perception? • Are Buffalo Hill residents isolationists? • Would you like to live on Buffalo Hill? Why or why not? • Would you like to have seen more children in this film? • What assumptions have you made about the residents of Buffalo Hill?
Comment: Pondering the above questions, and many more, is the purpose of this documentary film, as I see it. The film makes a statement about community, explicitly. Implicitly, it invites questions. I'm going to go visit Buffalo Hill today to seek some answers.
Having grown up in an innercity environment with a mother who was OCD, we were taught to think very badly about neighborhoods like Buffalo Hill. We couldn't go outside at our apartment after dark but our yard was spotless. Those experiences left me with a deep fear of rural life. I have been working on trying to look in a different way at this culture since I started teaching and recognized my own predjudice.
Where is buffalo rd. exactly? It probably looks like any one of a thousand other roads in New York State. I don't like the implication that to be poor is to be sloppy.
I had no idea about this area, but I think there are other areas of this district that we are also missing. I found this very interesting. It reminded me of where I grew up where everyone took care of everyone else, but because of where you were from there were people who look down on you. I found it sad to hear the child's comments. I think we as educators need to be aware of what experiences our students come into class with, and not judge. It was nice to see that we are addressing the rural students who are often overlooked so much in this district.
there's always more than one side to every story. I taught more than one of the Shevaliers in school. One girl never "changed" for Gym because she had chronic and disfiguring psoriasis. At graduation, the school principal would not allow her to participate in the ceremony because she had been stubborn and had not "passed" her Gym credits.
I am saddened by this video. How did Buffalo Hill Road get such a bad reputation? Vivid in my mind are memories of the children of some of these families. I have worked with them in the public schools. I am grieved that some of these have faced unequal treatment, as the one girl described.
After years of visiting near-by rural areas, I feel that rural culture is somewhat different than town life. And it is a beautiful culture. We school workers need first-hand knowlege of this culture. We need to actively affirm rural students for their many skills and abilities. We need to be on the lookout for discrimation and confront it promptly.
I have seen this video before...I was looking forward to seeing the one about the Jungle...hopefully, we can see this at a Staff meeting.
I have worked with families on Buffalo Hill Rd. It might be interesting to make videos on different communities in Tompkins County,from Sandy Creek Trailer Park,Congers Trailer Park to Fall Creek P and C area.
One project could be to work with students to identify their communities and help them make videos about their community. We would hopefully get a sense of how students see themselves in relation to community.
I've known a number of people who live on Buffalo Hill for a number of years and even worked with some of the children. Before watching the movie a part of me hoped that the movie would clear up some of the untrue myth about the families that live up there and the other part of me expected to see people bashing the families like a lot of people do. What I was was what I hoped for, how helpful and caring the families are and even though they may not have as much as some people it does not affect their way of living. What they do and how they are doing it works for them. Who are we to judge their way of living? If it works for them then leave it be!
I have worked with many of the members of the Shevalier family in my time with the ICSD. Verble's daughters; Trisha, Trina and Tina Shevalier have children in the ICSD. Some tragedies have occurred for the Shevalier family. Trina died a year ago of stomach cancer. She was a custodian at Dewitt Middle School. Leon, the girl who was interviewed in the video, has a son who was a student in Pre-K at Beverly J. Martin Elementary School who died unexpectedly. She has two surviving sons. Verble is a wonderful person who gave me chocolate covered cherries every year for Christmas.
I was first introduced to the area of Buffalo Hill by Janet Fitchen, an anthropologist professor @ IC. I was blessed and fortunate to learn from her and have her as a mentor. She and Galen Zimmer provided a window to me to see the area as one with bountiful resources, comprised mostly the internal resources of the folks who live there and the community they had created. Janet spoke of the families who lived on the Hill who welcomed her into her home and offered her coffee and food, even if food may have been scarce at that time of month. Janet advised me never to reject a cup of coffee from anyone when visiting their home, and that piece of advice has helped me to connect with families more than I could have ever imagined. When I started as the Social Worker at Caroline in the mid-90's, I heard a lot about the families, most in the context of lice. When I began to get to know the children, I experienced the "spirit" discussed in the movie. The genuine sense of community, the honesty in which the children and famiies spoke to staff at Caroline hoping to educate them about their community, the fierceness of how parents protected their children was an undeniable value the families held. I could go on and on about how the families who live on "Dream Street" have helped me develop as a person and as a social worker. And I may at some point reflect more on the movie itself.
I expected to see... I had only questions. I have lived in Ithaca for five years and have not become familiar with the area or sterio types associated with it. I was surprised to see...a window into my past. I grew up in a rural farm community. There were some wealthy farmer's with nice homes but mostly there were craftmen style homes, trailer parks or migrant worker camps. I recall the community spirit that was referred to in the video. My neighbors would help dig up a septic tank on a frost covered Saturday morning. Coffee and food were served while disabled cars were freely repaired or removed from a ditch. No one had to wait in the cold fopr AAA. Questions I have???
I am glad I saw this movie about Buffalo Hill. I use to be a little scare of Buffalo Hill Road. After watching the video and seeing the people that live on Buffalo Hill. I have a different view now. They are very nice. You don't see too many real people like that today. I just want to think you again. Helen Westfield
This film reminds us of how the Buffalo Hill residents have a community that have enriched their lives and the strength of their insights understandings of life. They get what is important in life and have a deep sense of respect that they expect from others. I don't think that appreciation and respect for Buffalo Hill residents should rationalize conditions that are unjust for some residents of Buffalo Hill who do not receive a livable wage, or don't have health care insurance, or enough money to meet their daily needs. We should continue to expect and work for justice for all residents in our wealthy democratic country.
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I remember my first trip to Buffalo Hill with Barry. we were doing a home visit and I was very anxious because the family was infamous in our district.
ReplyDeleteI was not sure what to expect of this video because I don't know the area or the preconceived notion of Buffalo Rd. I wasn't too surprised about anything - but I did feel concern for the student and her responses.
ReplyDeleteOkay, so the Jungle was mentioned at the beginning of this exercise, so I watched the whole thing in a confused state! I didn't have a way to clarify what we were doing.
ReplyDeleteI expected to see low-income families and the hardships they endure.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised to see/hear the personal stories of the residents and the positive spirit that they try to maintain. Also, the sense of belonging that the residents have.
As educators we need to respect where all of our students are raised. The environment in which a student is raised isn't worse because it is different then how we live. In actuality their environment might have advantages that our environment does not.
ReplyDeleteall people look at things differently thats what makes us, us. dont change us change yourself.
ReplyDeleteWhat were we supposed to get out of the movie? It was interesting to hear the various perspectives but what was the objective for showing this film?
ReplyDeleteAnyone needs a great, cheap contractor/carpenter Charlie Monroe is awesome! I have been working with him for years and saved literally thousands of dollars. He's a great guy! Talk to me for more info... -Sam
ReplyDeleteI was surprised to see the people who live there, live there by choice and are proud of it. I expected to see them described as unkept, long hair , etc. I was surprised to see older women felt more safe on Buffalo Road then in Slaterville Springs.
ReplyDeleteThe comment by the child about Buffalo Hill being called "a slum" and hurting her feelings made me see that ANY slum area has the same stereotypical views attached to it that B.H. has.
ReplyDeleteSome residents still said, "Those people..." when speaking of B.H.
The residents of B.H. seemed to have discrimination of "city people".
I wonder how the B.H. residents feel about African Americans, Jews, etc. It seems they are more alike than different.
Why were all of these people painted with the same brush? Are they all the same? Are they not individuals?
ReplyDeleteThe folks on Buffalo Hill would like to keep their community as it is. Everyone has a right to his or her own lifestyle, they said. Progress means locked doors. And yet we drag our teachers and students into a world defined by technology rather than community. There are probably few computers on "The Hill" and no high speed internet access, little money for ipods and wiis and blackberries and other high tech toys. Should we feel sorry for them? Or envy them?
ReplyDeleteHaving lived in Slatterville at one point during my life I had to travel up and down Buffalo Road daily. I agree that it is very important to be respectful of people's lifestyles, choices and families. I think the 'movie short" left many things out, one of which was the burning of trash and toxic materials (rubber tires, refrigerators, metal, plastic etc.) quite frequently by some of the people who lived on Buffalo Road.
ReplyDeletethe film causes one to consider what is thought to be a comfortable life for people of different backgrounds. The film also provides perspective for how different the living conditions are for some of the people in the film compared to my life.
ReplyDeletehappy birthday emily
ReplyDeleteIt is important to understand and respect all people and where they come from. It is also important to understand that this documentary comes from a singular point of view. It would be interesting to get multiple points of view on this subject.
ReplyDeleteI expected to see kind, caring people with sincere wishes of well-being for their neighbors.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised to see such introspective, thoughtful metaphors for sustainable ways to live-Life is a cycle and we should live off ways provided by the land.
Question: Why does the town of Caroline 'dump' junk on Buffalo Hill Road?
After seeing "Dream Street on Buffalo Hill", I won't be so judgemental anymore when passing by the residences located there. It was very surprising to hear how they all take care of each other and even strangers that may ass their way. The people that live there have a wonderful perspective on life. It is sad that people can't be accepted as they are.
ReplyDeleteI think that people should keep their yards clean. I respect the idea that we need to " keep" the area for future generations. How will these future generations find the land if it is covered with junk?
ReplyDeleteI like the idea that everyone helps each other. I think the idea that the world is mostly " dog eat dog" is a correct one and therefore it is refreshing to find a population of people that will help a passerby in need.
If there is a difficulty in getting rid of the yard junk due to cost, then I believe that the government should offer assistance with hauling costs.
I just don't understand the " need" to surround oneself with junk to the point of making an area look like a rat's nest.
I remember, when I taught at DeWitt I would hear about families on Buffalo Hill and I would see all of the eye rolling that would happen among my colleagues...I was extremely curious and trying to gather information...This documentary was interesting, however, I have seen many places like this in rural America and from these places come smart people as well as ignorant people...and clearly stereotyping is not constructive, ever, in or out of a classroom.
ReplyDeleteWas Emily in the video, or are you "off task"??????
ReplyDeleteThis was an interesting documentary. I am unfamiliar with Buffalo Hill. When the piece started, I wondered why there was a negative connotation of Buffalo Hill. As the piece progressed, I began to understand why people may stereotype the area. Interestingly, my own perceptions and judgments began to formulate becoming guilty of stereotyping. This makes me think to the article we read this morning. As educators, we must be cognizant of our own perceptions of people.
ReplyDeleteStudents will benifit as teachers become better able to understand the culture of places like Buffalo Hill Rd. Whenever teachers have the opportunity to dispell stereotypes and learn about the cultures of those that we teach, students will have greater access. Having seen their cuture, teachers will then be able to use it as an asset in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteWatching this video clip brought back memories of my childhood. I grew up in Candor. Life was so simple and yet so complex. Kids played outside from sun up to sun down. My dad traded off his work for work that he was unable to do himself. My brother worked on cars which made his property a bit cluttered, but he made a living and supported himself. We left our doors unlocked and helped our neighbors. My family did not have a lot of money, but we were very happy. I would never trade growing up in a rural community for anything.
ReplyDeletethere is a pride in who folks are...and a want for recognition...ties wonderfully in with the reading from earlier this a.m.
ReplyDeleteI was struck by the opening comment about compassion, love and freedom. I was expecting a film about how terrible the prejudice is etc but it opened with tremendous positivity. I was also struck by how often the concept of freedom was shared.
ReplyDeleteI was curious about how often the speakers who I believe are resident sof Buffalo Rd referred to "they" instead of "we"...even though it seemed as though each speaker was including themselves in the description. I was also struck by their loyalty to the concept of individuality and individual freedoms while at the same time sharing their vision of life from a real communal perspective.
I wondered, when the child told about a classroom experience where a classmate stood up and disparged Buffalo Rd whether the teacher ACTUALLY agreed OR did NOT intervene and so the child experienced it as teacher agreement.
This seems pretty critical knowledge in the classroom.
I was also struck by the film opening with a bit of history of the place and thus, reminded again about the importance of both place and history in developing a context for appreciation.
I new learning for me was understanding the role tha "junk cars" play in the local economy and inter-community relationships. I have a much different sense of it.
Expectation: To learn about the folks who live "behind Walmart in the jungle."
ReplyDeleteSurprise: It was about a different community in Caroline.
The movie purposely made it hard at first to figure out just what was considered "wrong" with these folks. The stereotype is "white trash." The reality is "people are people."
This documentary is an interesting combination of community tolerance and intolerance, neighborhood and isolationism. Questions to ask:
ReplyDelete• Are the residents of Buffalo Hill intolerant of their neighbors?
• Are others really intolerant of Buffalo Hill residents (no "outsiders" were interviewed expressing this view)? Is this just self-perception?
• Are Buffalo Hill residents isolationists?
• Would you like to live on Buffalo Hill? Why or why not?
• Would you like to have seen more children in this film?
• What assumptions have you made about the residents of Buffalo Hill?
Comment: Pondering the above questions, and many more, is the purpose of this documentary film, as I see it. The film makes a statement about community, explicitly. Implicitly, it invites questions.
I'm going to go visit Buffalo Hill today to seek some answers.
Having grown up in an innercity environment with a mother who was OCD, we were taught to think very badly about neighborhoods like Buffalo Hill. We couldn't go outside at our apartment after dark but our yard was spotless. Those experiences left me with a deep fear of rural life. I have been working on trying to look in a different way at this culture since I started teaching and recognized my own predjudice.
ReplyDeleteWhere is buffalo rd. exactly? It probably looks like any one of a thousand other roads in New York State. I don't like the implication that to be poor is to be sloppy.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea about this area, but I think there are other areas of this district that we are also missing. I found this very interesting. It reminded me of where I grew up where everyone took care of everyone else, but because of where you were from there were people who look down on you. I found it sad to hear the child's comments. I think we as educators need to be aware of what experiences our students come into class with, and not judge. It was nice to see that we are addressing the rural students who are often overlooked so much in this district.
ReplyDeletethere's always more than one side to every story. I taught more than one of the Shevaliers in school. One girl never "changed" for Gym because she had chronic and disfiguring psoriasis. At graduation, the school principal would not allow her to participate in the ceremony because she had been stubborn and had not "passed" her Gym credits.
ReplyDeleteI am saddened by this video. How did Buffalo Hill Road get such a bad reputation? Vivid in my mind are memories of the children of some of these families. I have worked with them in the public schools. I am grieved that some of these have faced unequal treatment, as the one girl described.
ReplyDeleteAfter years of visiting near-by rural areas, I feel that rural culture is somewhat different than town life. And it is a beautiful culture. We school workers need first-hand knowlege of this culture. We need to actively affirm rural students for their many skills and abilities. We need to be on the lookout for discrimation and confront it promptly.
I have seen this video before...I was looking forward to seeing the one about the Jungle...hopefully, we can see this at a Staff meeting.
ReplyDeleteI have worked with families on Buffalo Hill Rd. It might be interesting to make videos on different communities in Tompkins County,from Sandy Creek Trailer Park,Congers Trailer Park to Fall Creek P and C area.
One project could be to work with students to identify their communities and help them make videos about their community. We would hopefully get a sense of how students see themselves in relation to community.
I've known a number of people who live on Buffalo Hill for a number of years and even worked with some of the children. Before watching the movie a part of me hoped that the movie would clear up some of the untrue myth about the families that live up there and the other part of me expected to see people bashing the families like a lot of people do. What I was was what I hoped for, how helpful and caring the families are and even though they may not have as much as some people it does not affect their way of living. What they do and how they are doing it works for them. Who are we to judge their way of living? If it works for them then leave it be!
ReplyDeleteEncourging each individaul students to be pround of who and what they are and where they come from.
ReplyDeleteTeaching students to be respectful of differences.
I have worked with many of the members of the Shevalier family in my time with the ICSD. Verble's daughters; Trisha, Trina and Tina Shevalier have children in the ICSD. Some tragedies have occurred for the Shevalier family. Trina died a year ago of stomach cancer. She was a custodian at Dewitt Middle School. Leon, the girl who was interviewed in the video, has a son who was a student in Pre-K at Beverly J. Martin Elementary School who died unexpectedly. She has two surviving sons. Verble is a wonderful person who gave me chocolate covered cherries every year for Christmas.
ReplyDeleteThe Paytons dug our well after much trouble with our water abd were phenomonal, helpful and fair.
ReplyDeleteI was first introduced to the area of Buffalo Hill by Janet Fitchen, an anthropologist professor @ IC. I was blessed and fortunate to learn from her and have her as a mentor. She and Galen Zimmer provided a window to me to see the area as one with bountiful resources, comprised mostly the internal resources of the folks who live there and the community they had created. Janet spoke of the families who lived on the Hill who welcomed her into her home and offered her coffee and food, even if food may have been scarce at that time of month. Janet advised me never to reject a cup of coffee from anyone when visiting their home, and that piece of advice has helped me to connect with families more than I could have ever imagined.
ReplyDeleteWhen I started as the Social Worker at Caroline in the mid-90's, I heard a lot about the families, most in the context of lice. When I began to get to know the children, I experienced the "spirit" discussed in the movie. The genuine sense of community, the honesty in which the children and famiies spoke to staff at Caroline hoping to educate them about their community, the fierceness of how parents protected their children was an undeniable value the families held.
I could go on and on about how the families who live on "Dream Street" have helped me develop as a person and as a social worker.
And I may at some point reflect more on the movie itself.
I expected to see... I had only questions. I have lived in Ithaca for five years and have not become familiar with the area or sterio types associated with it.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised to see...a window into my past. I grew up in a rural farm community. There were some wealthy farmer's with nice homes but mostly there were craftmen style homes, trailer parks or migrant worker camps. I recall the community spirit that was referred to in the video. My neighbors would help dig up a septic tank on a frost covered Saturday morning. Coffee and food were served while disabled cars were freely repaired or removed from a ditch. No one had to wait in the cold fopr AAA.
Questions I have???
I am glad I saw this movie about Buffalo Hill. I use to be a little scare of Buffalo Hill Road. After watching the video and seeing the people that live on Buffalo Hill. I have a different view now. They are very nice. You don't see too many real people like that today.
ReplyDeleteI just want to think you again. Helen Westfield
Being a fan of the show Hoarders on A&E I am wondering how many of these families suffer from that disorder?
ReplyDeleteThis film reminds us of how the Buffalo Hill residents have a community that have enriched their lives and the strength of their insights understandings of life. They get what is important in life and have a deep sense of respect that they expect from others. I don't think that appreciation and respect for Buffalo Hill residents should rationalize conditions that are unjust for some residents of Buffalo Hill who do not receive a livable wage, or don't have health care insurance, or enough money to meet their daily needs. We should continue to expect and work for justice for all residents in our wealthy democratic country.
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