Obama’s experience is not quite comparable to mine. Black America has a unique relationship to white-centric inner circles because it historically helped define them via opposition. In many cases, Black America has its own “shadow inner circles” that for eg I could never enter.
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There was a basic “put the uppity black back in his place” aspect to Trump’s whole arc of course, from birther controversy onwards. In a way he has no identity 9f his own. He’s simply the anti-Obama in every way.
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Hmm. Not sure. Running shoulders is not a sign of acceptance. Trump is a prop. A picture with him is not a sign of equality. More like a picture with Mickey mouse at Disney. He’s a common type: inserts himself into the optics of narratives without being in the stories.
I’ve met too many such people not to know the type. Nobody respects their intellect or insight, and they’re not even important enough to engage or dis in public. My point is Trump *never* had access. Even as President. Not even in the 80s. He’s always known it and it burns him up
That’s what happens when you have a fundamentally transactional personality. People can’t see you as human because you can’t see anyone as human. They may use you, allow you to buy your way into some things, but where mutuality of recognition of humanity is needed, you’re out.