VOTE

I mean it this time. Last night, I met up with a friend of mine who is not a U.S. citizen. She brought along a friend of hers, a 24 year-old African-American girl originally from Pennsylvania. This girl seemed to be relatively intelligent and sophisticated. She seemed to have her life together. However, when the conversation turned to politics, she revealed that she's not registered to vote. When I inquired why not, she stated that she just doesn't know much about the issues and that it doesn't seem important to her.

15 hours later, I am still stunned and unnerved.