Agreed. 
Ms  Gillepsi,  misses the point as many academics and politicians do, i.e. new policies sound great but are not either pragmatic or they do not have any practical action plan.  
IMHO, that is why Activists who actually have been on the front line and not there for a just a photo op such as Jim Brown who supported Obama and Hillary are willing to give Trump a chance.  Brown's Amer-I-can Program has been very successful in low income communities for almost 30 years.  Some of the Program s approach focuses on life skills, education and family.  These focuses also happen to be what I have advocated for here in Canada.