Locals on left and right agree: Political discourse needs fixing
JANESVILLE The spring after Donald Trump took office in 2017, Sue Conley was interviewing a high school student for a scholarship. The scholarship was for students of color to encourage them to choose a career of teaching in Janesville. Conley asked the man to describe adversity he had to overcome. He told of coming to school the day after Donald Trump won the election the previous November. Things had changed. Before the election, no one used racial slurs to address him. The day after, that changed. Students felt emboldened to use those words, Conley said. Conley sees the violent invasion of...
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