This past week, has reminded me of a fear I started having, when I lived in Honolulu. I read on Upwork, that there is a new book in the works that needs an editor. The book is a pro-Trump and shamanism based declaration of a sorts. At first, it made me curious, since I am an open-minded person, with a spiritual evolution based in shamanism, who possibly could help edit it. Then, I became hesitant. What if this is associated with the Jan 6th insurrection, or simply believed to be. Would I then become questioned too? Or even judged because of? Would it even hinder me from re-entering the United States?
Meanwhile, on Instagram, I've encountered several posts from Hawaiians lately, again voicing their disdain of the unfair overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, resenting the American government for it. This reminded me of how I thought of writing my exam paper for my Master's degree in Organizational Change at Hawaii Pacific University, about how Hawai'i possibly could become independent again. Something I became questioned about, by an American prisonguard, when I was detained due to said university's stalling of transferring my credits from my Swedish university, and therefor couldn't fulfill my student visa obligations to study full-time.
So, I want to enable empowerment and autonomy, but I can't be an advocate for the causes. It's simply not safe for me as a Swedish citizen to be. However, the difference is still vast. In the United States, I'm aware of this, there is an openness about it, wheras in Sweden, I'm only met by silence without knowing why. Add thereto, a need to be constantly aware of how I can be misinterpreted, and stalked, besides infringed upon. Do we then really have freedom of speech?
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