From Essay: The truth is, many of us understand that the Evangelical
Right, the NRA, FoxNews, and far too many ordinary folks living here were
simply never going to be okay with a man of color leading them and
succeeding—and yet you have done both.
Eight years later, those same people still strain to bait
you into reciprocating violence and in fulfilling their toxic prophecies of
you, while you simply continue to do what you do with nobility, compassion,
good humor, and steadfast, unapologetic conviction.
