Trumpism presents us with a choice. We can either double down on the lie and reelect him or find comfort in reaching back to an idea of normalcy and elect someone “safe,” or we can decide to untether our politics from the insidious assumptions of race that have guided our choices for generations. If we now choose Trump or choose to be safe, we should prepare ourselves for even darker days ahead. But if we decide to be otherwise, as difficult as that may be, we will finally make possible the birth of a new America.
