Minnesota’s Somali community has organized mutual aid and neighborhood patrols amid Trump’s campaign to crush them.

This article was originally published by Truthout .

Winter in Minnesota is notoriously harsh, lasting until mid-spring and marked by below-freezing temperatures, heavy snowfall, and intense winds. It is a common misconception that survival requires either hibernation or migration, but blue jays roost communally to conserve warmth through the cold nights, and white-tailed deer congregate in wintering yards, finding safety in numbers. Surviving in hostile climates, whether environmental or political, is impossible in isolation.

This is a lesson that Minnesota’s Somali community knows well. In recent months, they have been the target of a racist and relentless tirade of abuse from the highest offices of the United States.…