10-24-2016, 01:21 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-24-2016, 04:21 PM by Bob Butler 54.)
A CNN editorial, written in the form of a letter to one's daughter. It focuses on the history of racism and sexism in our country, and presents Trump as a personification of old dark aspects of America.
No doubt Trump is playing with race and gender darkly. This piece, using a 'simple clear explanation to an 8 year old' format, lays the foundation of the Republican 'Southern Strategy' from the beginnings.
Sally Kohn Wrote:It is important for you to understand what Donald Trump represents. He is a mirror reflecting a dark and dangerous part of our history that, whether we like it or not, is in all of us. So I want you to understand the part we've all played, whether we meant to or not, in giving rise to Donald Trump.
No doubt Trump is playing with race and gender darkly. This piece, using a 'simple clear explanation to an 8 year old' format, lays the foundation of the Republican 'Southern Strategy' from the beginnings.
That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.