Life in Trump’s America: A mixed-race educator in the rural South speaksPosted in Articles, Media Archive, Politics/Public Policy, Social Justice, United States on 2016-11-19 16:17Z by Steven |
Life in Trump’s America: A mixed-race educator in the rural South speaks
The Daily Dot
2016-11-18
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This is the first in a series of essays on what lives look like in post-election America.
One woman shares how her community has been affected by Trump’s win.
It’s been just over a week in “Trump’s America.” Across the nation, there has been an increase in reported hate crimes, as those once considered to represent a fringe sentiment of society have been emboldened by the election of a president endorsed by the KKK. Not one to distance himself from that endorsement, Trump has begun building a cabinet that includes individuals tied to white nationalism.
In my home state of North Carolina, we’ve seen an increase in racial taunting and violence, including the assault of a black trans woman in Charlotte with a hatchet. Overtly racist, anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim graffiti has appeared in Durham, including one message that said, “Black Lives Doesn’t [sic] Matter and Neither Does Your Vote.” My Facebook feed has been filled with personal stories of fear as my black, Muslim, brown, and queer friends and family are reporting being harassed, taunted, and intimidated; meanwhile, a lot of my liberal white friends are debating with people of color about the effectiveness of wearing a safety pin…
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