What is your voting plan?
I am planning to vote!
I am planning to vote!
In what ways, if any, have your feelings about America changed since the 2016 election?
I think America has become much more racially polarized and also polarized in terms of class. We are a more intolerant country in which people feel comfortable voicing their prejudices in terms of race and ethnicity.
How have the last four years impacted you personally?
I work at a black institution and for the most part have felt protected by the fact that the work I do and the place I work in, does good work on behalf of black and brown people. However, I also live in the south, in a red state, where over these four years I have seen fractures between communities and the police, communities of wealth and poverty and also fissures in the relationships between black and brown people.
What is something about the 2020 election cycle that you want to be sure we remember in the future?
I want to remember the lack of civility of our current administration. Oh to live in such times. I want to remember the sense of urgency and the tension that is palpable as people await the elections. I want to remember that the conversations I'm having with friends, colleagues, strangers are all full of anger and anxiety.
What issues are motivating you most to vote in the 2020 election?
Covid, reproductive justice, taxes, healthcare, civility, racial healing, having leadership that I am not ashamed of.
What are you most hopeful about for 2021 and beyond?
Good leadership, or better leadership than what we have had these past four years, especially in terms of the pandemic.