![]() ![]() ![]() Trump, the inciter-in-chief, called them 'enemies of the American people'. For Muslims, Latinos, immigrants and black people, this has been the Summer of Hatred. But for the first time in my life I'm not certain that this privilege, which ought to be simply a right, will last.īy a strange twist of historical fate, people like me, Jews whose families fled to the US from Eastern Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, became insiders, 'white ethnics', but the racism, intolerance and sheer vindictiveness that Donald Trump has helped bring into the mainstream are volatile forces, in constant search of new targets. ![]() ![]() When I fly home to New York, I will not be told that my name has 'randomly' appeared on a list, and taken aside to answer questions about the country of my ancestors, or my religious and political convictions. I have not been driven to find sanctuary, much less thrown into a cage awaiting deportation, or forcibly separated from my child. I’m in Europe this summer, though not in exile. ![]()
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