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As presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump divides the country with proud racism, bigotry and sexism, he tweeted this morning that the division in our country is President Obama and Hillary Clinton’s fault.
Trump tweeted, “Look what is happening to our country under the WEAK leadership of Obama and people like Crooked Hillary Clinton. We are a divided nation!”
Look what is happening to our country under the WEAK leadership of Obama and people like Crooked Hillary Clinton. We are a divided nation!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 10, 2016
The truth of the matter is the only reason we are divided is because conservatives freaked out when President Obama was elected and they have indulged themselves in a 7 plus year temper tantrum.
White supremacist groups grew in reaction to white fear and anger that a black person dared to have the power of the White House.
This is not Obama’s fault; this is the fault of the people who want to deny minorities a seat at the table. That is the position of conservatives, and so if anyone is to blame, it is them.
Conservatives announced that the election of Obama made America “post-racial”. The media followed suit. Then when it turned out to not be true, they blamed Obama. They said and say that the country is more divided under Obama, as if it were something about him that he is responsible for that created this. Obama is not responsible for the color of his skin being unpalatable for certain white people.
And of course the only reason Republicans announced the “post-racial” America result of Obama being elected was to put a period on the end of discussing racial inequalities and close the book.
But one black person being elected president does not change systemic racism and barriers, nor did it remove the target on black people. Anyone who imagines it would be that easy to erase ingrained power imbalances is not fit to run the country, because that is a very simple and empty belief, lacking both plain logic and historical knowledge.
In fact, a black person gaining a power that some white people feel belongs to their race exclusively will create a backlash in an attempt to restore power solely to white people. This is not the black person’s fault. A person would have to be pretty childish to think black people bear the responsibility for white people’s actions.
Donald Trump is blaming Obama and Clinton for the division as he runs to be the guy to fix it. But Donald Trump is division personified. Donald Trump is campaigning on the division conservatives carefully carved out so they could hold on to a section of the electorate as their policies robbed those same people blind.
Donald Trump is a disgrace. Trump is deliberately with malice dividing this country for his own gain, and then he turns around and blames the division he and his people stirred up on the people who have been victims of discrimination due to skin color and gender.
Shame on Donald Trump.
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