Hate crimes have increased since the election of Donald Trump. So I'm not surprised. I'm hopeful, very vigilant. We're seeing the same thing as what happened in 1933, when a politician stokes fears and grievances to rally them for a nationalist cause. But nationalism to the exclusion of other people is not nationalism, that's xenophobia.
I talked with Brian Stokes Mitchell, who agreed with me that if you have a gift there is always stuff to do.
I think musically, there's always the stuff you're into that you've always been into but every once in a while there's a new band that kind of stokes you out a little, at least for me.
Stokes gets a straight yellow for that challenge.
The situation is getting worse, and people are losing hope. That despair stokes violence.