The America that my parents immigrated to in 1947, that I learned about and learned to love in my social studies classes in Indiana, that my classmates fought for in the '60s and '70s; that made life-changing inventions to raise standards of living around the world; that funded institutions promoting peace, health, and cooperation; that enacted protections for the only planet mankind can occupy; that advanced awareness of the need for tolerance and justice, is gone.
The very mantra of DEI - diversity, equity, and inclusion - has been inverted from an aspiration into an abomination.
Racism is again openly embraced - in immigration, higher education, employment. Suspicion and devaluation - by the white and wealthy - are once again coin of the realm. The "summer of love" has faded into the winter of hate in the snow-covered Minneapolis streets.
Trump, the hater-in-chief, doesn't speak for me. We cannot be free of him and his deplorable lackeys soon enough.
Regula Case
Midtown
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