Can Trump Wake the Woke?
Politics and the Performing Arts
President Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center shocked the arts world. From The New Yorker on down, arts writers were aghast. After all, the arts are considered to be the voice of progressive causes. Directly and indirectly (through gifts and taxes), the arts are mainly supported by educated and well-off white people, predominantly progressive. They w…
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