Handy

Be sure to check out Conor Friedersdorf’s “13 Easy Tips for Politicizing Your Thanksgiving Dinner” at Atlantic. Here are the first two:

1. Many families say a predinner prayer. But what if heathens are present? To include them, recite the Pledge of Allegiance, too, replacing “one nation, under God” with “… under Trump” so that everyone feels welcome.
2. Do you freeze up when it’s time to say what you’re thankful for? Pre-write your list on a phone app and read from the screen when your turn comes. Members of oppressor groups will want to begin by noting, “I’m thankful for my white-male privilege,” especially when sharing a table with blue-collar kin, who may not have read Peggy McIntosh’s seminal essay in their cultural-competency training.

Read the whole thing. It still isn’t too late to put one or all of these handy tips into force, guaranteeing, as Mr. Friedersdorf puts it, “the best Thanksgiving of your life”.