"Simply, Americans miss Bush because we miss the WASPs — because we feel, at some level, that their more meritocratic and diverse and secular successors rule us neither as wisely nor as well." - Ross Douthat
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Most days, I consume journalists and pundits talking about Americans and I think:
"they aren't talking about people like me."
But some days, that truth is more clear than other days.
Today is one of those days.
"they aren't talking about people like me."
But some days, that truth is more clear than other days.
Today is one of those days.
I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.
- Langston Hughes
I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.
- Langston Hughes
People who don't miss being governed primarily by WASPs
LGBT Americans
Those whose lives were permanently changed by the unnecessarily slow, judgement-based response to the AIDS epidemic
nytimes.com/2018/12/03/us/…
LGBT Americans
Those whose lives were permanently changed by the unnecessarily slow, judgement-based response to the AIDS epidemic
nytimes.com/2018/12/03/us/…
People who don't miss being governed primarily by WASPs
people of color
washingtonpost.com/national/georg…
people of color
washingtonpost.com/national/georg…
Like was there no person of color or woman or LGBTQ person or immigrant or religious minority involved in this editing process at all?
