That s my takeaway from a 12 month span that saw America inaugurate a president who ran on a hate filled platform that denigrated and demeaned anyone who was not a white male Some would say that another ism sexism was the watchword for 2017 But I would argue that the much needed MeToo movement which finally began the process of rightly punishing sexual predators was the mirror we needed It showed us that while sexism will be punished going forward racism will remain the status quo 