"Trump and my nephew [Stephen Miller] both know their immigrant and refugee roots. Yet, they repeat the insults and false accusations of earlier generations against these refugees to make them seem less than human."
Powerful and moving #mustRead
politico.com/magazine/story…
Powerful and moving #mustRead
politico.com/magazine/story…
"The Glossers [Miller's maternal lineage] came to the U.S. just a few years [starting in 1903] before the fear and prejudice of the 'America First' nativists of the day closed U.S. borders to Jewish refugees."
"Had Wolf-Leib [Glosser] waited, his family would likely have been murdered by the Nazis along with all but seven of the 2,000 Jews who remained in Antopol."
I do not understand how those who are a persecuted minority (at one time, basically everyone in the US except some 'white' hetero males) can empty themselves of empathy for others like Stephen Miller (20th century Jewish immigrants) and Trump have. Or how they endorse neoNazis. 
This is a reminder that (almost?) every group of immigrants has faced resistance from those who were here "first": Irish, Jewish, Chinese, Mexican, German ... and "first" is in quotes because Europeans weren't first. They displaced Native Americans.
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