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I live in a political bubble. A lovely, liberal, northeastern bubble. The majority of my friends and family are Clinton supporters, and the rest favor Bernie. One or two Republicans I’m close to voted for Kasich in the primaries. I’m pretty sure there are a few closet Trump supporters in my life — and on my Facebook friends list — but as long as they stay in the closet, we’re good.
It’s what’s outside my bubble that keeps me up at night, especially now that Donald Trump has been anointed the presumptive Republican nominee. It’s what keeps me writing on and on about this election.
I have to thank Mr. Trump for opening my eyes to the American ugly I didn’t want to see. I needed a wake up call. I’m not closed off in some strange, futuristic liberal world. I live in a diverse community with a mix of political and social viewpoints, and I consistently read newspapers and websites with differing ideologies. I know my American history and I know what racist people have been saying about President Obama for the last eight years. I’ve watched the videos of young black men shot by cops. And I’ve listened to the calls for racial justice on college campuses. I’ve worked on a college campus where I was the minority, and my students have spoken and written about their experiences. Throughout my life I’ve heard stories from my Jewish friends about the nasty comments they’ve endured. So yes, I understand how deeply racism and bigotry run through American culture — as much as any educated, white, Protestant person can really understand it — even if I don’t hear it in my home or my backyard.
The Newly Emboldened American Racist
The rest of the article you can find here, but no matter how disturbing all of the things this lady has written about, the most disgusting things really are the reactions to Malia Obama's "news" that she will be going to Harvard after a year of no school. She is not that different from other children in that she is taking a gap year/she is skipping one year until she is 18 and goes to school again. Sadly the people reading and commenting at Fox News showed their inner racist.
It got so bad that the comment section on this story was ended. Here are some nuggets:
I wonder if she applied as a muDslime..or a foreign student..or just a Ni@@er
or how about:
LITTLE APE SHOULD GO TO COLLEGE IN AFRICA,
or
Hopefully she gets cancer/aids or one of those colored diseases.
and
Sadly there is a racist section in the US that seems emboldened by the current tone inside a part of the republican party championed by the racially insensitive presumptive nominee "the Donald".
A man who is hailed by people like former Grand Wizard David Duke who wrote:
And no, I do not think most republicans are racists, but part of the party clearly has racist tendencies.
It’s what’s outside my bubble that keeps me up at night, especially now that Donald Trump has been anointed the presumptive Republican nominee. It’s what keeps me writing on and on about this election.
I have to thank Mr. Trump for opening my eyes to the American ugly I didn’t want to see. I needed a wake up call. I’m not closed off in some strange, futuristic liberal world. I live in a diverse community with a mix of political and social viewpoints, and I consistently read newspapers and websites with differing ideologies. I know my American history and I know what racist people have been saying about President Obama for the last eight years. I’ve watched the videos of young black men shot by cops. And I’ve listened to the calls for racial justice on college campuses. I’ve worked on a college campus where I was the minority, and my students have spoken and written about their experiences. Throughout my life I’ve heard stories from my Jewish friends about the nasty comments they’ve endured. So yes, I understand how deeply racism and bigotry run through American culture — as much as any educated, white, Protestant person can really understand it — even if I don’t hear it in my home or my backyard.
The Newly Emboldened American Racist
The rest of the article you can find here, but no matter how disturbing all of the things this lady has written about, the most disgusting things really are the reactions to Malia Obama's "news" that she will be going to Harvard after a year of no school. She is not that different from other children in that she is taking a gap year/she is skipping one year until she is 18 and goes to school again. Sadly the people reading and commenting at Fox News showed their inner racist.
It got so bad that the comment section on this story was ended. Here are some nuggets:
I wonder if she applied as a muDslime..or a foreign student..or just a Ni@@er
or how about:
LITTLE APE SHOULD GO TO COLLEGE IN AFRICA,
or
Hopefully she gets cancer/aids or one of those colored diseases.
and
Sadly there is a racist section in the US that seems emboldened by the current tone inside a part of the republican party championed by the racially insensitive presumptive nominee "the Donald".
A man who is hailed by people like former Grand Wizard David Duke who wrote:
“I think he deserves a close look by those who believe the era of political correctness needs to come to an end and that America needs a leader who will do the following: 1.) Secure our border – if not – America and our heritage will not survive! 2.) Break the power of the Jewish-controlled Federal Reserve and predator banks like Goldman Sachs (and the FED) that are robbing us and the world blind.”
And no, I do not think most republicans are racists, but part of the party clearly has racist tendencies.