Donald Trump and racism: An Arizona point of view
Echo letter to the editor published in the Arizona newspaper the Tucson Daily Star (Tucson.com)
Trump reopens old wounds, turns a profit
Over 150 years ago, this nation’s bloodiest war ended slavery. Almost 75 years ago, we defeated the Nazis in a world war. Fifty years ago, the decades-old Civil Rights movement was finally changing systemic and legally sanctioned racism and bigotry and focused the nation’s attention on the injustices and horrors of segregation.
But here we are in the 21st century with a president whose blatant bigotry and racism earned him the enthusiastic support of neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan. He even claims that these evil hate groups include “nice people.”
He has reopened all the wounds for his personal and political gain (the two cannot be separated in his case). He has figured out a way to turn back time. Will this ever end? If it doesn’t, then the notion of “American exceptionalism” is gone.
From Vance Holliday, Foothills Arizona
Trump reopens old wounds, turns a profit
Over 150 years ago, this nation’s bloodiest war ended slavery. Almost 75 years ago, we defeated the Nazis in a world war. Fifty years ago, the decades-old Civil Rights movement was finally changing systemic and legally sanctioned racism and bigotry and focused the nation’s attention on the injustices and horrors of segregation.
But here we are in the 21st century with a president whose blatant bigotry and racism earned him the enthusiastic support of neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan. He even claims that these evil hate groups include “nice people.”
He has reopened all the wounds for his personal and political gain (the two cannot be separated in his case). He has figured out a way to turn back time. Will this ever end? If it doesn’t, then the notion of “American exceptionalism” is gone.
From Vance Holliday, Foothills Arizona
Labels: Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, Tucson Daily Star, Vance Holliday
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