Social Justice SOS: What Happened, What's Coming and Why We Must Join Together Against Hate Published on Nov 12, 2016
On November 8, 2016, Donald Trump became the President-Elect. Throughout his campaign he stoked the fears and anxieties of the entire nation. He promised to ban Muslims and build a wall to keep out undocumented Mexican workers. Together with a Vice President who has opposed marriage equality, Trump mocked people with disabilities, boasted about his own sexually assaultive behavior, and espoused narratives of widespread injustice perpetrated by minorities against white Americans, bringing white nativist rhetoric to the forefront. Already, there are reports of hate crimes and increased harassment of ethnic and religious minorities nationwide, constituting disturbing indicators of what is to come. The social justice aspirations of hundreds of millions of people around the world rest on our collective capacity to reflect, recommit and resist. To that end, we will ask thought leaders to address these questions: How do we understand what has happened? What are the concrete threats to social justice that are imminent? How do we foreground intersectional learning and action to enhance social justice in the face the news realities? On November 11th, concerned activists, academics, artists and thought leaders came together to discuss how we can move forward and incorporate intersectional learning and action into our next steps. Featuring: Asli Bali Mary Frances Berry Cherrell Brown Devon Carbado Sumi Cho Kimberle Crenshaw Zillah Eisenstein Eve Ensler Alicia Garza Dallas Goldtooth Robin Kelley Hiroshi Motomura Ezra Young Tim Wise
This is good stuff. I wish I’d found it back in November when I needed it the most.
