Creating art under Trump will become harder but it will remain vital | Seph Rodney

The president's attacks on diversity and immigration have already affected many artists and will affect many more in the coming months

One of the most pernicious effects of a bully's intimidation is making victims afraid of being true to themselves, because it's the essential and authentic parts of them that incite the bully's contempt.

During his first week in office Donald Trump issued a blitzkrieg of executive orders. Among them, Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity and Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing." According to the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, among the things these orders direct the administration's agencies and staff to do are:

Terminate diversity, equity, and inclusion offices, positions, and programs in the federal government; terminate equity-related grants and contracts; and repeal prior executive orders designed to ensure equal opportunity in the workplace, including a decades-old executive order from the Johnson Administration ... "