Thursday, May 26, 2016

Make America Great Again!

             Donald Trump is vying for a presidential nomination from the Republican party.  One of his main campaign slogans is: "Make America Great Again"  This is a total joke to me as an African American.  What greatness is he referring to, that is the big question here???  Donald considers himself a conservative and is trying to appeal to the very left-wing of the population.  What I believe he is truly referring to is  regressing  back as a nation to a time where bigotry and racism were staples of the American social norms for Caucasians.
            Donald is playing on the fears and misguided hopes of the many of the left-wingers.  The fears I refer to are of  the eroding of the power and privilege that comes with being Caucasian in America.  American has become more and more diverse in recent times, not just in population but in division of power as well.   
The misguided hopes are based in them believing  that  if Trump becomes president, their lives will immediately change for the better.  This is totally misguided, Trump is only out for Trump.   This hope is just as misguided as those African Americans that believe that somehow everything would change for the better in their lives just as soon as Obama was elected to the presidency.  Lower class Caucasians will not suddenly become upper class if Trump is elected.  It is this ignorance though, that is a large contributor  to his momentum .


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