If the title of this article does not spook you, then nothing will. Donald Trump is on track to be re-elected president of the United States. Why? Because most Democrats are scared to campaign on our values, while a smaller percentage has always been the left rail of the rightward-moving track. A few weeks ago I posted an article on my website by Jim Rigby titled «How to hear what Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is saying» that included the following paragraphs about what Donald Trump understands that we don’t, not so much. She speaks as a Person of Color: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez makes many white liberals and conservatives alike uncomfortable because they want racial justice but don't want to understand that justice will mean a major redistribution of power in this nation. What is so bad about a young Woman of Color who has such a knack for making us white liberals uncomfortable enough to feel the pain our white privilege causes others? She is speaking "inter-sectionally”: in other words, she thinks about how all the forms of oppression overlap. She is not fooled by a politician who claims to be feminist but will bomb women and children in another country or one that leaves Women of Color behind. She will not accept legislation that makes most healthy people comfortable but leaves out people with disabilities. She isn’t being divisive, we are the ones being divisive when our idea of humanity doesn't include EVERYONE. Those few paragraphs are the key to either our win or Donald Trump's re-election. If we understand the core of those paragraphs, then and only then can we build a lasting coalition that is sure to win not only the presidency but the House, the Senate, and legislatures throughout the country. Read more