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Working a story on the trauma people have experienced due to the Trump presidency. Everyone I have interviewed thus far has said they feared for their lives or someone else's over the entire 4yrs, but that the months just prior to and after the election were the worst.
Working a story on the trauma people have experienced due to the Trump presidency. Everyone I have interviewed thus far has said they feared for their lives or someone else's over the entire 4yrs, but that the months just prior to and after the election were the worst.
I have been speaking with Immigrants, LGBTQ, BIPOC, disabled/chronically ill people thus far: so people directly targeted by Trump on a near-daily basis and who were subjected to a constant barrage of damaging policies plus attacks from Trump supporters. The fear is real.
People who are in marginalized communities have a different perspective from those who are confident their privilege will protect them. And people who have already been subjected to threats and/or violence due to their identities are already living with hyper-vigilance.
It is critical to respect yours and others' feelings of disruption and fear. Just as the new administration can't fix everything overnight, neither can we unlearn that state of unease that TrumpPence created for many of us overnight. It will take time. Lots of it.
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