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Do You Have to Vote?

This election is triggering for many people, myself included. To wake up and watch a demagogue reignite white nationalism having a vocal place in American politics is frightening. You wake up in a world that ostensibly hates your being. Your congenial neighbor’s privilege blinds them from seeing how they are attempting to snuff you out. Then you’re looking at this wealthy white woman who wears those horrible kitten heels and you don’t know how to feel about her. Hillary does not have the charm of Obama or the effervescent aura of Michelle. We were spoiled by the church sermon campaigning
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