University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Weekend, November 9-13, 2016
SHOCK AND AWE ON CAMPUS
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W-Madison first-year law student Naman Siad could not believe her eyes as Republican candidate Donald Trump inched closer to an improbable victory. “I was laughing and then slowly realizing that this is not a joke anymore. It’s reality,” Siad said. “Realizing that—as a black Muslim woman— people are OK with the bigotry he’s been spewing terrifies me.” Trump won Wisconsin at 1:30 a.m. Central Time, despite roughly 70 percent of Dane County voters supporting Democrat Hillary Clinton. Many of those voters packed the Marquee Theater at Union South and watched in disbelief as Clinton’s path to victory grew narrower and narrower. Tears flowed, jaws dropped and many could not believe that their country, including Wisconsin, could support Trump. Despite the shock, Siad said she is going to take a deep breath tomorrow and vowed that the heartbroken students in the theater could work to build their vision of America from the ground up. “A lot of the work starts with organizing communities and realizing that it doesn’t only matter what presidential elections look like, but also local elections and realizing that, as a Muslim American, we have to make our voices heard that much more. We have to use that energy, that fear and turn it into motivation to make our communities and surrounding communities better.”
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“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”