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Whose stories are we not telling when we worry about the feelings of those who are offended by equality? On 10 October, at a rally for his faithful in Wisconsin, the president of the United States spewed lies and spread hate. He claimed, for example, that the Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a Somali refugee elected in the blue wave of 2018, supported terrorism and, repeating an obscene rightwing smear, that she had married her brother. He attacked refugees like her: “As you know, for many years, leaders in Washington brought large numbers of refugees to your state from Somalia without considering the impact on schools and communities and taxpayers. Since coming into office, I have reduced refugee resettlement by 85%.” He added: “In the Trump administration we will always protect American families first.” But American families don’t need to be protected from refugees. Even to frame it that way is a dehumanization of the most vulnerable and an attempt to induce fear when there is no basis for it. Omar is an American citizen and a congresswoman elected by her fellow Minnesotans, but Trump and his ilk talk about immigrants as though even those who are citizens, even those who vote, are not Americans. So often those who do have voices use them to limit who else is heard and to shout down others who speak Related: President Trump is at war with the rule of law. This won’t end well | Rebecca Solnit What’s punitive is a system that allows people to live in anxiety and misery and die of treatable conditions in the wealthiest country in the world Rebecca Solnit’s most recent book is called Whose Story Is This? Old Conflicts, New Chapters. A version of this essay was part of her talk at the International Festival of Literature in Oaxaca Continue reading…
