If Trump loses, a couple years from now very few people will admit they voted for him.
But we should collectively remember. Lots of people voted for him and will vote for him again.
It’s the banality of evil. Casual acceptance of fascism.
Forgetting is how history repeats.
But we should collectively remember. Lots of people voted for him and will vote for him again.
It’s the banality of evil. Casual acceptance of fascism.
Forgetting is how history repeats.
I’ve been thinking a lot about the fear and anxiety I feel in this moment.
How so many of us are just waiting for the election to be over so we can stop feeling this way.
But I hope we remember how this feels, so we never end up in this place again.
How so many of us are just waiting for the election to be over so we can stop feeling this way.
But I hope we remember how this feels, so we never end up in this place again.
I’m sure many people remember how they felt in 2016. Everyone has a story of the shock.
Some of us also have feelings of terror.
For me, it was feeling like a country I grew up in and wanted to serve, didn’t want me.
That half the country wanted me to “go back”.
Some of us also have feelings of terror.
For me, it was feeling like a country I grew up in and wanted to serve, didn’t want me.
That half the country wanted me to “go back”.
The #resistance that is now taken for granted and made fun of wasn’t inevitable in 2016.
I remember wondering if people would care when he tried to implement a Muslim ban.
I remember crying when people went to the airport to protest in relief.
To see people stand up.
I remember wondering if people would care when he tried to implement a Muslim ban.
I remember crying when people went to the airport to protest in relief.
To see people stand up.
I’ve been fortunate to spend almost every day of the past 4 years fighting against this administration and what they want to do to this country.
The best part of that work is being shoulder to shoulder with people who share the American values I have.
It makes me hopeful.
The best part of that work is being shoulder to shoulder with people who share the American values I have.
It makes me hopeful.
I’ve been thinking a lot about what happens next.
Do people “go back”?
Is there a return to “normal”?
Do those that are newly awakened stay awake? Do folks know now that this was a continuation and not an anomaly?
Will they keep working for change?
Do people “go back”?
Is there a return to “normal”?
Do those that are newly awakened stay awake? Do folks know now that this was a continuation and not an anomaly?
Will they keep working for change?
One of the big things I’ve learned in the last four years is that no matter how many times people tell me to “go back where I came from” or who says it, even if it’s the president, I have the right to participate in this democracy.
This country needs all of us. Let’s not forget
This country needs all of us. Let’s not forget
And, to be clear, I’m not calling for “cancelling” or perpetually shunning anyone.
I don’t know what the path forward is but I know we need a serious reckoning.
Studying the TRC and police violence in the US and South Africa taught me having a shared memory matters.
I don’t know what the path forward is but I know we need a serious reckoning.
Studying the TRC and police violence in the US and South Africa taught me having a shared memory matters.
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