Election: What Can We Expect Socially?
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FEATURING COURTNEY MORRIS – As I scrolled through my social media feeds on election night a common theme emerged from my friends shocked reflections: how could there be so many racist, sexist, misogynist, anti-immigrant, homophobic Americans in the country that they were able to elect Donald Trump?
For people of color and oppressed minorities especially, the next four years will be terrifying if Trump keeps his promises to ban Muslims, build a wall on the border, gut planned parenthood, and more. How can we survive this?
Courtney Morris, assistant professor of African American and Women’s Studies at Penn State University and a correspondent for Rising Up With Sonali.