Bonnie Glass-Coffin, PhD

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Here are some words I shared with my ANTH 3130, Peoples of Latin America class right after the election. I also shared with my colleagues in SSWA and History and posted to Facebook. I know these words brought some comfort to some. They also helped me process my own grief. Today I grieve. I grieve so hard I didn't know if I could stand up and teach this class today. This election has touched me personally: I am a woman. I am the mother of a differentially-abled child. I am the mother of an African American child. Many of my closest friends and relatives are LGBTQ, and immigrants, and Latinos, and Muslims, and Native Americans, and former refugees. I have spent my entire life championing diversity, because I believe it is good. Because I believe it is right. Because of who I am. Because of who I still believe we are. Today I grieve. Last night was a such a sucker-punch for those, like me, who believed that these values were important for most Americans, across the board. The r

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