Why literature matters in debate about race and immigrants
- Written by Rajini Srikanth, Professor of English, College of Liberal Arts Dean, Honors College, University of Massachusetts Boston
The people who voted for Donald Trump did so for a variety of reasons, but chief among them was the sense of their having been economically abandoned for several decades. Trump has promised to restore their economic dignity. That is a laudable goal.
However, through his corrosive campaign rhetoric, Trump has also made it acceptable to speak in...
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