When Aunt Lucy sends Paddington to London with a tag around his neck, he is understandably worried. All the tag says is “Please take care of this bear.”
Aunt Lucy then tells him about the War. “Thousands of children were sent away for safety, left at railway stations with tags around their necks, and unknown families took them in and loved them like their own.”
Aunt Lucy was referring to the “Kindertransport,” a rescue operation that brought thousands of Jewish children from Germany, sent by their families who, correctly, feared for their lives. The program stopped when Hitler invaded Poland.
Now we have a President who would say Poland invaded Germany. After all, that is what Hitler claimed. And we have Elon Musk, who thinks it is ok to give a Nazi salute. And we have Steve Bannon who goes to a conservative conference and grins and gives the Nazi salute. And we have J.D. Vance who goes to Europe and praises fascist parties.
What will you do if you know undocumented immigrants in your neighborhood who have kids, and one of them asks if you will care for one of their children when they are deported?
If you haven’t seen the first Paddington movie, I don’t think I’m spoiling anything to tell you that Paddington did find a family to take him in.
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