Dear President Trump, In keeping with my interest in finding intersections between social justice issues, I found the recent WP piece by historian Michael Miller fascinating. In it he recounts how the African American students who comprised the “Little Rock Nine” over 60 years ago were accused of being paid “crisis actors” when they enrolled … Continue reading I call B.S. on attempts to undermine the protagonists
Racism
Some good news
Dear President Trump, Fortunately today the WP folks started calling out the cynical underpinnings of Devin N’s memo and your rousing endorsement of it. WP columnist Max Boot pointed out that the memo is really about making sure you have 34 GOP Senators willing to vote “no” should impeachment proceedings be initiated against you after … Continue reading Some good news
“Stamping out prejudice” for real
Dear President Trump, I just found some quotes from your speech yesterday commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day. I think you did a nice job and I especially want to lift up that you talked about stamping out prejudice, condemning hatred, and bearing witness. You made some powerful, important points. I did notice though, that all … Continue reading “Stamping out prejudice” for real
Baggage
Dear President Trump, Since I was a little girl my mom has frequently gotten frustrated with me because I tend to jump into a conversation in the middle of whatever topic is at hand, forgetting that the person I’m talking with isn’t in my head and privy to all my background thoughts about whatever it … Continue reading Baggage
The Lure of Complicity Lane
Dear President Trump, I thought I’d share a conversation with you that I had the other day with a straight, white, male, cisgender colleague that I don’t think would have happened had you not been elected president. We were talking about some issues pertaining to inviting an outside consultant to work with him on a … Continue reading The Lure of Complicity Lane
A plague on us all
Dear President Trump, At this point, if the cameras hadn’t been rolling on January 9th no one would believe you ever talked about a “love bill” for the Dreamers. When I heard the recording of the outgoing message on the White House contact line blaming the Democrats for the government shutdown and claiming it’s because … Continue reading A plague on us all
Let’s go with a trickle up approach
Dear President Trump, You continue to play the optics masterfully; spending the day golfing conveyed to your base you are not going to kowtow to political correctness by going through the motions of attending MLK day activities. Tossing out there to reporters that you are the least racist person they’ve ever interviewed also likely played … Continue reading Let’s go with a trickle up approach
It’s surreal (to pretend things are normal)
Dear President Trump, Wouldn’t it be amazing (and at this point, strange) if we had a whole day where there was no turmoil or consternation over something you said or did? I’m not sure any of us would know what to do with such an event. You have truly been outdoing yourself lately, coming out … Continue reading It’s surreal (to pretend things are normal)
“Mother of Exiles”
Dear President Trump, Gosh, yesterday morning when I wrote to you about the positive things from the day before, I really was sending you a sincere thank you. Now, though, I am back to feeling disgusted by you, and dismayed. Unfortunately, it’s really no surprise at all and rather, it was the sincere thanks that … Continue reading “Mother of Exiles”
We won’t be unseen or unheard
Dear President Trump, Your top dollar Mar-a-lago New Year’s Eve party is probably starting to hop about now. Are you donating the entrance fee to charity? How about donating to an anti-bullying campaign to support Melania’s chosen cause? If you were to make a strong gesture in the direction of stopping bullying, it would be … Continue reading We won’t be unseen or unheard
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