Millions of Americans are justifiably frightened by the tide of racism, anti-Semitism and xenophobia that has swept the country since the election of Donald Trump, whose campaign stoked these views and who named Stephen Bannon of Breitbart News his chief strategist in the White House.
The multiracial cast of the hit Broadway musical “Hamilton” spoke to that fear in an impassioned but respectful way on Friday when it implored Vice President-elect Mike Pence, who attended the show, to take seriously the administration’s responsibility to work on behalf of all Americans and to “uphold our inalienable rights.”