None of us is free until all of us are free
The story I’m telling here is not mine. It is the story of—well, you will see. I am sharing it here just as it was told to me, omitting only the name. I was asked to do that because this woman—a faculty member at a prominent university; I will identify
I’ve been struggling with this post for a while. Sometimes a truth is just too ugly, too painful, to face all at once. We have been railing against Donald Trump for so, so long, guys. So long. I felt it as a personal responsibility. I am skilled at reasoned debate. The facts were on my
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