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by TA NEHISI COATES
...It is often said that Trump has no real ideology, which is not true—his ideology is white supremacy, in all its truculent and sanctimonious power. ...
In Trump, white supremacists see one of their own. ...
To Trump, whiteness is neither notional nor symbolic but is the very core of his power. In this, Trump is not singular. But whereas his forebears carried whiteness like an ancestral talisman, Trump cracked the glowing amulet open, releasing its eldritch energies.
The repercussions are striking:
Trump is the first president to have served in no public capacity before ascending to his perch.
But more telling, Trump is also the first president to have publicly affirmed that his daughter is a “piece of ass.”
The mind seizes trying to imagine a black man extolling the virtues of sexual assault on tape (“When you’re a star, they let you do it”), fending off multiple accusations of such assaults, immersed in multiple lawsuits for allegedly fraudulent business dealings, exhorting his followers to violence, and then strolling into the White House.
But that is the point of white supremacy—to ensure that that which all others achieve with maximal effort, white people (particularly white men) achieve with minimal qualification.
Barack Obama delivered to black people the hoary message that if they work twice as hard as white people, anything is possible. But Trump’s counter is persuasive: Work half as hard as black people, and even more is possible..."
~Atlantic.com
https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/537909/
If Ta Nehisi Coates writes something, you should probably read his profound and poetic prose even if it's on the side of a cereal box. So do yourself a favor and read the entirle article, then read his love letter to his son regarding the challenges of being black in America.
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