America the Hateful

I wish I had been on this train to tell this this guy how much I approve of his hat.

Racism isn’t uniquely American; moreover, there has never been a time in history that the U.S. wasn’t rife with it.

The only noteworthy feature of the last few years in this regard is that overt racism has found a large and comfortable home outside of the shadows.  White supremacists feel that the president is firmly on their side; they are emboldened by his use of words like “nationalist,” infestation,” and “invasion,” especially when these words are backed up by behavior, e.g., cancelling DACA, pandering to the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, and attempting to ban Muslims from entering the country.

As David Duke, the former KKK grand wizard, said about the alt-right and neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, “We are determined to take our country back.  (This is) a turning point. We are going to fulfill the promises of Donald Trump. That’s what we believed in. That’s why we voted for Donald Trump, because he said he’s going to take our country back.

It’s so sad to see a country that formerly took pride in its status as a “melting pot” become so full of hate.