Donald Trump's fascist song of love: Total submission to him; widespread racism for all
SalonDonald Trump has repeatedly shown, through both his words and deeds, that he is a white supremacist. Trump's most recent racist attacks began two weeks ago with his tweets suggesting that Democratic congresswomen Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar should "go back" to their supposed home countries because they dared to criticize his policies — especially the detention of black and brown migrants and refugees in concentration camps. More broadly, Donald Trump's "love" of country is channeled through racial authoritarianism, where nonwhites are to be submissive and silent, surrendering to white power and white dominance over every area of American life. Trump's twisted understanding of who is a "real American" — and, by extension, whose love of the country is deemed authentic — rests upon a commitment to protect, defend and expand white privilege. The vast majority of black Americans were in the United States decades or centuries before Donald Trump's German grandparents got here, along with millions of other "white" people who arrived in America during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Discover Related
)
)
