There is racism in America, and it’s a potent political force.
There is racism in America, and it’s a potent political force.
Racism, bigotry, anti-Semitism, xenophobia — none of it is aberrant, none of it is ahistorical, none of it is rare.
What is abnormal in this era is not that there are some otherwise normal Americans who hold ugly ideas, but the attention we are giving them.
We are giving them a lot of attention, and we have a choice. Acknowledge this is not the way we will be and make that change happen going forward, or lionize, rationalize, and normalize a very different definition of "American" aspiration. I'm pretty sure which one I think will consign us to the trash heap of history.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/27/16701780/nyt-nazis-trump
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/27/16701780/nyt-nazis-trump
Racism, bigotry, anti-Semitism, xenophobia — none of it is aberrant, none of it is ahistorical, none of it is rare.
What is abnormal in this era is not that there are some otherwise normal Americans who hold ugly ideas, but the attention we are giving them.
We are giving them a lot of attention, and we have a choice. Acknowledge this is not the way we will be and make that change happen going forward, or lionize, rationalize, and normalize a very different definition of "American" aspiration. I'm pretty sure which one I think will consign us to the trash heap of history.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/27/16701780/nyt-nazis-trump
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/27/16701780/nyt-nazis-trump
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