Not Ready to Make Nice

Trump voters and the limits of compassion and empathy

Tim Wise

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“Trump in a Small Town,” by Frank Boston, from his Flickr page (usage permitted by Creative Commons license)

Much has been said about the need for liberals and progressives — or at least Democrats — to understand Trump voters. We are told we should learn to listen to their fears and insecurities. We are supposed to respect their deep sense of anxiety, born of job losses, dying small towns, and cultural transformation occurring at a pace with…

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Tim Wise

Anti-racism educator and author of 9 books, including White Like Me and, most recently, Dispatches from the Race War (City Lights, December 2020)