1. Donald Trump and W.E.B. Du Bois have one thing in common: they recognize that domestic & international racism are connected.
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2. Trump's "shithole countries" deftly links together internal & external racism: black and brown nation inferior & so are their immigrants.
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3. Trump's so called isolationism is just racism applied internationally: other countries are conniving against USA, exploiting it and send "worst people" over.
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4. God knows, racism has inflected American foreign policy from start -- it's a white settler nation built on ethnic cleansing!
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5. As
@karpmj has shown slave-owners played an outsized role in antebellum foreign policy, using power to punish Haiti (the first Black republic) & bolster fellow slavers in Brazil, Cuba & Texas.4 replies 16 retweets 72 likesShow this thread -
6. The original name of
@ForeignAffairs, flagship journal of foreign policy elite, was Journal of Race Development: foreign policy rooted in managing other races.1 reply 26 retweets 73 likesShow this thread -
7. Racism of USA foreign policy somewhat tempered by Cold War need to win alliances in newly independent states (and to stave off Soviet critiques of American racism).
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8. American elite reluctant acceptance of Civil Rights revolution was predicated on realizing that domestic racism made USA look bad internationally.
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9. Trump is inverting old Cold War formula that combined trying to win alliances abroad by accepting civil rights at home. He thinks alliances don't matter, so racism at home & abroad.
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Wow man. Seems spot-on.
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