I don't either. They can never relate to it. Not even so called "allies." Rachel Dolezal, who otherwise championed black issues, could not even understand the privilege she wielded in being able to do so and could neither fathom why she received backlash in the way that she did. At some point there is a cognitive dissonance.
TNCoates—First White POTUS—Foundation of Donald Trump’s presidency is the rejection of Barack Obama
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I don't either. They can never relate to it. Not even so called "allies." Rachel Dolezal, who otherwise championed black issues, could not even understand the privilege she wielded in being able to do so and could neither fathom why she received backlash in the way that she did. At some point there is a cognitive dissonance.
That's it. They will never get it.
Where was Coates before Obama? ..all the presidents are white.
What he meant by the title is that Trump was the first president to consciously and successfully wield "whiteness" as a tool to win the presidency. Using whiteness itself as an identity politic much in the way Hillary wielded the female vote and had she won been lauded as the first female president and Obama wielding the black vote and being lauded as the first Black president.
No president before Trump had to strategically wield whiteness as a tool to win the presidency. Past presidents won the presidency simply through "privilege" or "merit" in a system that was already comfortably white supremacist. Our current political climate is one in which white supremacy is waning, being threatened, and being poked at in all directions, so the fact that he was able to mobilize a base and win a presidency around the idea of "whiteness" is significant.
Reminded of what is described as the "tonal range" of white privilege by Margo Jefferson....
Caucasian privilege lounged and sauntered, draped itself casually about, turned vigilant and commanding, then cunning and devious. We marveled at its tonal range, its variety, its largesse in letting its humble share the pleasures of caste with its mighty.
Y'all know she sued a black college cause she said it was racist?
Ummm no...they all did. Even the presidents who were KKK members like Woodrow Wilson. Coates needs to stick to other things because he isn't great with history.
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This article is spot. Even some of the things Trump is doing now as a President, Obama would never have gotten away with. Trump really lowered the bar for the Presidency.
This quote was so good , "Toiling blacks are in their proper state; toiling whites raise the specter of white slavery."
Great Article....Damn
Great Article....Damn
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Bomani Jones said he got Case For Reparations physical copy
You seem a fan, those available to buy? Or was he just talmbout the issue of the Atlantic with the article?
Bomani Jones said he got Case For Reparations physical copy
You seem a fan, those available to buy? Or was he just talmbout the issue of the Atlantic with the article?
Coates is a great writer but lack historical viewpoint on this subject. I would love to break down the inconsistencies of his article and bring up shyt he is scared to talk about.
Can you do so?
As it relates to Woodrow Wilson or any prior president, who were their opponents where they had to employ whiteness to win a campaign? Washington? Jefferson? Lincoln? Roosevelt? JFK?
Trumps opponents included two Cubans, an African American, a Jew, an Italian, an Indian and two women, all of whom could rally support based solely of their identity. Who were these past presidential opponents that were championing the rights of the minority underclass? What other point in history were there that many presidential candidates from minority backgrounds threatening to once again take presidential power out of the hands of a white man (irrespective of the fact that most of these candidates are conservatives.)
Sadly, this is he kind of simplemindedness and outright stupidity that runs rampant on this site. It's a great article and it illustrates how stupid it is to equate trump with Clinton or any other politician. All of the observations made in this article were there to be made during the campaign.
There are reasons that this thread doesn't have many replies. People here aren't even smart enough to comprehend the article. The people who can comprehend but don't want to accept the truth in the article aren't smart enough to compose a counter argument. People here like their shyt simple and catchy. It's got to be something like "hold your own nuts". It's cuter to just run around saying dumb empty shyt like that.
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