None of us is free until all of us are free
I have seen the messages of positivity and love on Facebook. On Twitter. Via text. I appreciate them … but I am not there yet. At some point, my warmth, my humor, my kindness will all return, although I will never again trust in the goodness of humanity the way
I am the reason Donald Trump is seen as a viable candidate for the presidency. Casual racism, homophobia, misogyny, and bigotry against other groups such as the poor permeated my environment growing up and as a young adult. As such things go, it wasn’t too bad—mostly occasional off-color jokes and ignorant