Diversity Is Driving The Right Into A Panic-Stricken Frenzy
06.06.2023 - 15:55
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Judy Blume has a movie out. I’ve not yet seen it, but good for her. Her Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing was the first book to elicit laughter from me.
The movie, released late April, is based on her 1970 novel, Are Your There God? It’s Me, Margaret. Some uptight adults got it banned back then. Today, she’s being banned anew.As we rush into Pride season and my 54th, Stonewall-coinciding birthday, it’s a time of year for me to take stock of where the world is and where I expected it to be.
Who would’ve imagined that a quarter-way into the 21st Century, we’d be regressing so badly? That we’d still be banning Judy Blume? I’d long imagined we’d be in a much better place for this final patch of my life. I was so wrong.If Hillary Clinton had taken the White House after President Obama, as she well should have by any normal measure, my golden years would be so much more pleasant. The country would likely still be on the right track.
Not to say it’s entirely off-track now, though it feels like the caboose might’ve fallen off and each trestle we cross remains far too creaky for comfort.Civilians flying through space. Domed cities at the bottom of the sea. Friendly androids.
It all seemed possible. Aside from the possible, there was also the inevitable. For years, we’ve expected the human population to pass the 8 billion mark.
November 2022, mission accomplished! Second, and closer to home, white Americans will lose their majority status. That hasn’t happened yet, but we’re getting close, expected by 2045.The global population was the concerning point. America evolving into greater diversity was — and remains — a turning point for which I remain eager, though hanging on for another 20 years is a tall order.But where common sense
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