I Wanted the Holidays to Drown Out Trump. Then He Spewed His Racism Again.

I Wanted the Holidays to Drown Out Trump. Then He Spewed His Racism Again.

We have to call out the increasingly blatant bigotry of the right — like President Trump’s calling Somali Americans “garbage” — or risk accepting it as the new normal. The post I Wanted the Holidays to Drown Out Trump. Then He Spewed His Racism Again. appeared first on .

I Wanted the Holidays to Drown Out Trump. Then Came Another Racist Rant

This article was produced by the nonprofit publication Capital & Main. It is published here with permission. I confess, every December I look forward to drowning out the bad news of the moment with holiday cheer, the more mindless the better. All the exchanges of “Merry Christmas” help to build a soundproof wall of good feeling that puts the burning world at a distance, at least temporarily. Not this year. The sentiment that will forever define …