I am not surprised.
Numb, but not surprised. I did not underestimate the level
of venom
Many people resented the fact that a black man was elected
and re-elected president. Their support of Trump was a repudiation – not of a
Democrat, or of liberal policies – but of a black man with political power.
Headscarf-wearing women and observant Sikh men – be careful
out there. As in the aftermath of 9/11, things could get ugly. Some people are
that much more emboldened to express what has been barely kept under cover.
Let us look to Standing Rock; let us observe whether there
is a significant change in how protestors and reporters are treated, especially
after mid-January.
For the past eight years, the goal, the purpose, the raison
d'etre of the Republican Party has been to stop Obama. If he says yes, they say
no; if he says no, they say yes. Outside of repealing Obamacare, what now? What
are their plans? What do they hope to achieve?
Donald Trump is a bigot. That some felt a bigot was best is,
well
What do you have to
lose? Enforcement of laws that penalize discriminatory practices, such as charging
higher interest rates for people of color whose income/credit is same as their
white counterparts1.
What do I have to lose? The dismantlement of systemic
discrimination; a re-entrenchment of decades old practices; an acceptance of
the concept that I am nothing more than
<quietly> i will fight
1.
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