That’s what asshole-in chief Donald Trump told us Black folk
when he was trollin us for our votes. Well, here we are nine months into our
national nightmare, and the question has finally been answered: It seems we got
a helluva lot to lose with this motherfucker in office. Most white folks believe
discrimination is over. Y’all know that shit ain’t true. Things are getting
worse, and not just in casual interactions with white folks. There is hard
evidence that explicit racial discrimination is a major part of American life
in the early 21st century. Most white Americans have minor opposition to the
most hateful forms of racism against us, while holding prejudiced views and having
racist behavior. That bullshit myth of “post-racialism” has by now largely been
dispelled, in part because of movements like Black Lives Matter—as well as the
rise of Donald Trump. And there seems to be a growing awareness that
“colorblindness” does more to entrench racial disadvantage than rectify it.
Thankfully, there are policies that can begin to address this profound racial
wealth gap. But we have yet to have any kind of discussion about it, even as we
barrel toward a world where most Blacks and Latinos live on the edge of misery.
The racial wealth gap isn’t yet a national priority. It needs to be. Unfortunately,
we will have to wait at least four more years for that to happen.
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