by David R. Morse
Here we are on the cusp of the 2018 midterm election, and the closing arguments of each party have offered a stark contrast. In short, the Republicans, led by, and I would say eclipsed by, the occupant in the White House, are running on fear. Specifically, of the...
by David R. Morse
Raise your hand if you’ve heard some variation on the phrase, “if not for the (black vote/hispanic vote) X candidate would have lost.” This is usually used when a Democrat wins. It’s bad enough when you hear it from a Republican operative. But...
by David R. Morse
Trump voters: white, and feeling oppressed for their whiteness For the past year and a half, there’s been a vigorous, sometimes tortured, effort to answer the question of how the election of Trump happened. Let’s forget for a minute that Hillary Clinton actually won...
by David R. Morse
This article first appeared on HuffPost and LinkedIn. When I got into the business of multicultural marketing, at the turn of the millennium, the need to target multicultural segments seemed like a no-brainer. In the 2000 census, Hispanics surpassed blacks as the...
by David R. Morse
This article first appeared on HuffPost and LinkedIn. Back in December, I theorized how Trump’s cabinet choices could make trouble for LGBTQ Americans. It wasn’t hard to do. Then, the issue was what could an antigay Attorney General or Secretary of HUD and Education...