Trusting Change

Lately, I’ve been thinking about trust—specifically, why it’s so hard to believe claims of change from anyone, or any system, with a track record of deceit.

That reflection started, of all places, with the news. I keep hearing that ICE enforcement is scaling back in Minnesota—that things are different now. But I also still see raids, neighbors still afraid to answer the door, families still disappearing overnight. The screen shots of the Signal maps showing the reports of ICE activity. The story on the ground doesn’t match the story I’m told. And it reminds me of every time someone has said, “I’ve changed,” while their actions stayed eerily familiar. Like Lucy and the football.