Blog Post: Are We Moving Backwards?

Today’s political and social landscape has been tumultuous, to say the least. Then again, haven’t the last eight years felt like they’ve been fraught with division and conflict? I often hear stories, particularly from people in underrepresented communities, who share how this division has turned their worlds upside down. From having cut off family members to losing friends over political stances that would further marginalize them, these stories tumble down like water.

It has begged the question, at least for me: Have we moved backward here in the United States as a society? It’s not an easy question to answer, but one that I think requires introspection on the part of anyone reading this post. Many people would assert that after spending eight years under the administration of Obama, the first Black president of the United States, only to be thrust under a Trump presidency amid a pandemic in which we saw mass incarceration of migrant children, relationships with our international allies collapse, and lines of division deepen along political party affiliation, that might say yes. But what if I told you I had a slightly different viewpoint on what the Trump presidency brought forward?

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