by Renita Alexander | Jan 6, 2021 | American Experiment
I do think it’s difficult for decent people to truly grasp immoral, evil behavior, even when it’s happening right in front of them. But it’s obvious that some Americans have been conditioned to believe evil looks a certain way, acts a particular way and is a...
by Renita Alexander | Nov 3, 2020 | American Experiment
I didn’t stay up to watch the 2016 election results; I had asked my daughter to alert me in case of the apocalypse. I know many didn’t see the election results in the same dire terms, but after watching the in-your-face racism, sexism, and ablism of the eventual...
by Renita Alexander | Oct 21, 2020 | American Experiment
I saw a clip from an interview with Mitch McConnell on Fox news discussing the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. In 2016, McConnell enraged Democrats by citing the upcoming election as a reason for refusing to even engage former President Barack...
by Renita Alexander | Aug 12, 2020 | American Experiment
I have always understood that most Black Americans have some European DNA; a study published in 2016 reported that essentially all Black American descendants of enslaved Africans have European ancestry. ALL Black American descendants of enslaved Africans would...
by Renita Alexander | Jul 29, 2020 | American Experiment
In June 2020, the 45th President of the United States felt the need to reassure the country that he would, in fact, leave office if he lost the election. It was an extraordinary statement, an acknowledgment perhaps of the deep distrust many Americans have toward him....
by Renita Alexander | Jul 25, 2020 | American Experiment
This week an older, White, male member of the House of Representatives, sought to dehumanize a fellow elected member of Congress, a younger Latino woman, by calling her…well you know what he called her. Within her earshot. In front of at least one reporter....
