Native American and Idaho State House candidate Trish Carter-Goodheart says she’ll continue to advocate for “representation, equity and respect” following the racist outburst directed at her by Sen. Dan Foreman.
Carter-Goodheart said the comment from the sitting lawmaker - to go back to where she came from - was painful to hear, but on par with her experience as a native woman in Idaho.
“It touches upon all aspects of my identity, my ancestry, my culture, my daily life,” she said. “It's like constantly being reminded that people see me as an ‘other,’ that my culture and my history is undervalued and that my existence is politicized.”
“I'm still processing it,” she added. “I'm absolutely shocked and floored that he became so unraveled.”
“If he had just the emotional intelligence to say, to just stop what he was saying to restrain himself, we could have had an amazing dialog about racism today,” Carter-Goodheart said. “He missed that moment for education and growth.”
