Providing a nuanced and progressive perspective on social issues and politics.

Election Day

While I understand and accept your reasons for voting for Trump, and understand that a great number of people voted for him for reasons other than subconscious (and not so subconscious) racial bias, xenophobia, and misogynistic views, it is important that you understand why so many people are adamantly opposed to a Trump presidency.

Monumental Oppression

Monuments and flags are symbols intended to memorialize and glorify a collective societal ideology, and the people and events that bolstered its ideals. For the South that ideology was rooted in the dehumanization of Blacks and White Supremacy. It is time to build a new history and erect new monuments that represent all Americans and the people that fought to unify this country, not destroy it.

First generation Jamaican American, hailing from Memphis, Tennessee, Duncan Roberts grew up with the conservatism of both the southern Bible Belt and Jamaican upbringing.

After high school, Duncan went on to pursue a degree in politics at Princeton University with a focus on African American Studies. Upon finishing college, he moved to Washington, D.C. where he has since made a living as a paralegal. Before The Sensible Progressive was born, he got his start researching and writing opinion pieces for his personal Facebook feed.

Providing a nuanced and progressive perspective on social issues and politics.

First generation Jamaican American, hailing from Memphis, Tennessee, Duncan Roberts grew up with the conservatism of both the southern Bible Belt and Jamaican upbringing.

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