The Crucible

Very important book and always relevant.

I had to read it in 3 sittings, even though it's quite short, as it was getting suffocating. The way a group of people vilify the Other, turning that difference into the incarnation of the Devil. It happened in Salem, it happened in Nazi Germany, it's mirroring what happened during the “red scare” of the McCarthyist era (according to Arthur Miller), it happened to the queer community during the aids epidemic and it's been happening to the immigrants and refugees everywhere. It's always the same rhetoric, “they bring crime, and rape to our community”, while crime and rape have always been part of your community, you just got a new group of people to pin them to. In states like Arizona, you now “have to” report anyone you suspect as being undocumented, POC keep being threatened by being “reported to ICE” by any racist they encounter, and thus starts a new witch-hunt in America.