Racism and Scapegoating Still Sells in America
Disbelief that it could was core to election outcome and shock. This is not another “they’re all racists” editorial. Nor would such an opinion written convince people to not be racist, or to even cause them to engage in enough self-reflection to recognize their own collectivist racism. This is about the process that we now undeniably see in the new “Alt-Right” Republican Party and the process of winning through scapegoating. It was a steadfast disbelief in the idea that there were enough Americans who could or would be galvanized by such messaging against Mexicans, Muslims, immigrants, women, and others. Oh I know, some are thinking it’s time to stop reading, thinking I’m just going to call names. But of course I’m talking about the manner in which President-Elect Trump spoke during his campaign. Every single one of the points made above can be substantiated with unaltered video evidence. But there are some that support Trump who have evolved from, ‘he never said that’ to ‘well he ...