“If You Don’t Vote For Obama, You’re Racist!”

These same acquaintances who said this supported Trump eight years later

Ryan Fan

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Photo by History in HD on Unsplash

It was the fall of 2008, and I was in the sixth grade. In the gym locker room, my mostly White and some Hispanic and Asian classmates in my middle school chanted “yes we can!” “yes we can!”

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Ryan Fan

Believer, Baltimore City IEP Chair, and 2:39 marathon runner. Diehard fan of “The Wire.” Support me by becoming a Medium member: https://bit.ly/39Cybb8