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Just look at how Obama has been treated.
Just look back at the history of the country.
It's undeniable to everyone but those in denial. Racism still hangs bigly over the nation.
We are barely a generation removed from de jure segregation/apartheid, and in nearly every city, town and village in the
country de facto segregation still exists.
The majority of whites, sorry to say, self-segregate, live in white neighborhoods (soon as a black family moves in for sale signs go up), go to white schools — the whole works, and it's been like that for centuries.
Trump knows it, is part of it, was sued for discriminating against black renters, bought white supremacists to prominent spots in his campaign, a y-u-u-u-g-e dog whistle to the below the surface racism that is widespread in the country.
It was heard loud and clear and acted on with votes for trump.
When you think about the history of the country, it's not a surprise.
What surprised me is how susceptible so many were to Trump's racist pied piper call, and fact that they were so unaware that repug obstructionism stymied Obama's agenda to give them the change they wanted. How could so many have not paid attention at all to the repug shenanigans that went on for the last eight years?
And what's surprising me now is the naivete of many here on DU who refused to acknowledge what's right before all of our eyes. The repug party has slyly been playing this game since the 60s. Trump just did it openly.
They might have wanted change but they voted for open racism and were ok with it.
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