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Non-Fiction

Throwback to 2016

Non-fiction: What I remember about the year that changed everything and nothing at all

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RM Greta
Feb 02, 2026
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If you think it’s necessary.

It’s been advised.

Yeah, you should do it if it makes you feel better.

It’s been advised.

I feel like I’ve been saying the same damn thing since 2016. They can do whatever they want to people of color in this country because they have before.1 They always have.

The day after Trump was elected, I texted my mom to vent some of my pa…

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