“Racist” FFS is not an epithet. It is not a controversial word. It describes an adherent to an ideology. Here are ways to use -ist words: Hillary Clinton is a feminist. John Dewey was a pragmatist. Donald Trump is a racist.
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Not to get pedantic, but there are two ways individuals express ideologies. 1. They claim the ideology. ("I'm a monetarist" — Alan Greenspan.) 2. They convey that ideology in word & deed. This is called *praxis*. In praxis, Trump is a confident racist & white supremacist.
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Like many of us, I've spent the better part of the last two years trying to determine what ideology informs Trump's thinking, the better to predict what he'll do. "Racism," so far, has the most predictive power.
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It is not a schoolyard thing to say Trump's a racist & white supremacist. It is not like saying he's psychotic, narcissistic, a "fucking moron." It's a crucial observation. When Jamele Hill made this observation, with a surplus of evidence, she was suspended from ESPN.
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Richard Spencer & David Duke espouse worked-out racist ideologies & see Trump as a fellow traveler. Someone should ask Trump non-combatively about his race theories. He has praised Scandinavia's whiteness for decades. Does he have beliefs specifically about Nordic superiority?
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Does he think it's PC or unrealistic to say all people are "created equal"? Does he believe humans are "created"? If a Christian notion of "we are all God's children" eludes him (as someone "early in his journey" as a Presbyterian), what about "human rights"?
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Some racists think there are certain "good" people of color that are different from others of their race. Does he? Omarosa, Ben Carson? What makes them different?
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Historians who've made a real study of white supremacy, like my colleague
@jbouie, wd pose better questions than I can. My point that the conversation abt race *must* evolve beyond is-he-or-isn't-he? That ship has sailed. In 1973.Show this thread
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*checks word-a-day calendar* "Well, August 18, looks like you're off the hook."
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