Post by ruby on Nov 12, 2020 15:48:43 GMT -5
(RNS) — Donald Trump did not change America. He revealed America. He held a mirror up and forced us to look at who we really are as a country, with all our beauty and all our bruises.
Though the construct of racial hierarchy is a myth, it shapes much of the American psyche and the American experience. White folks and people of color experience a very different America. We can see it in our competing visions for what we want America to be. And we can see it in how we vote."
"Four years ago, we saw a surge in white voters backing Trump as the first Black president ended his second term and as a national racial reckoning began in the movement for Black lives. In the years since, there has been a palpable anxiety among many white Americans. Some have called it “whitelash” — a backlash of white fragility, fear and even a nostalgia about how the country used to be. When people say “Make America Great Again,” many really mean “Make America White Again.”
religionnews.com/2020/11/10/the-2020-election-was-a-referendum-on-race-and-christian-faith/?utm_source=spotim&utm_medium=spotim_recirculation
Though the construct of racial hierarchy is a myth, it shapes much of the American psyche and the American experience. White folks and people of color experience a very different America. We can see it in our competing visions for what we want America to be. And we can see it in how we vote."
"Four years ago, we saw a surge in white voters backing Trump as the first Black president ended his second term and as a national racial reckoning began in the movement for Black lives. In the years since, there has been a palpable anxiety among many white Americans. Some have called it “whitelash” — a backlash of white fragility, fear and even a nostalgia about how the country used to be. When people say “Make America Great Again,” many really mean “Make America White Again.”
religionnews.com/2020/11/10/the-2020-election-was-a-referendum-on-race-and-christian-faith/?utm_source=spotim&utm_medium=spotim_recirculation
