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Are You Afraid Yet? You Will Be...

As this adhocracy continues its downward spiral, we have to ask: Was it worth it?

Thaddeus Howze
8 min readAug 10, 2019

I said those words two years ago in an essay I wrote about the newly forming Trump administration, before its horrors would be made real. No one was afraid then. Give him a chance you said. He’s a reality television host and a billionaire. What’s the worst he could do?

Let's keep it real for a moment. Before I sit down and write something new and never seen before in the realms of the fantastic, I have to mention these thoughts which I keep trying to banish and realize I cannot.

How many non-White Americans are sitting in their homes right now, afraid to go outside for any reason?

"They're hunting us." A direct quote from a Hispanic citizen in Texas.

How many won't make it to summer festivals they may wait all year to attend but now dread the very idea?

I'm going, but that's because I don't give a fuck about the feelings of White young murderers who feel entitled…

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