"Discussions of race are everywhere and nowhere in 2025. On one hand, President Donald Trump is openly insulting Somali immigrants, describing entire nations as "shithole" countries, and insisting that the most persecuted class of humans are white South Africans. On the other, none of this is actually registering as anything other than Trump being Trump, and so when the Supreme Court agrees to revisit a foundational doctrine like birthright citizenship, too many of us shrug it off."
"There is a very human propensity, especially in times of crisis, to normalize and rationalize and temporize. We comfort the comfortable, and we look for hope in norms and in institutions and in rationality. So many people have this perpetual hope that something's going to come along and life is going to go back to 2010 or 2012. This hope says that with enough time,"
Discussions of race in 2025 are widespread yet often ignored. President Donald Trump openly insults Somali immigrants, labels entire nations "shithole" countries, and asserts that white South Africans are the most persecuted. Many people treat these incidents as routine, reducing shock and urgency. The Supreme Court's willingness to revisit birthright citizenship poses a fundamental threat to democratic and equal principles. Saving democracy and equality remains possible, but prevailing normalization, institutional complacency, and public indifference make timely, collective action essential to prevent erosion of rights.
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