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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt's bigger than John Lewis. Trump's team has been tone deaf on race.
Portions of the article in boldface appear in the original articleBy James Hohmann January 16 at 10:30 AM
THE BIG IDEA: The Republican National Committee declared in 2013 that racism was over.
More precisely, under the leadership of incoming White House chief of staff Reince Priebus and press secretary Sean Spicer, the organization celebrated Rosa Parks bold stand and her role in ending racism.
Racism, of course, never ended. After Democrats hammered them for this, the party tweeted a clarification: Parks played a role in fighting to end racism. But the original tweet has never been deleted:
GOP ✔
@GOP
Today we remember Rosa Parks bold stand and her role in ending racism.
9:58 AM - 1 Dec 2013
2,890 Retweets 1,870 likes
Trump has often used racially-charged rhetoric, and his ill-informed attacks on beloved civil rights icon John Lewis this weekend underscored how unserious he is about redemption. But the incoming president is also surrounded by people who have, at times, been tone-deaf and tin-eared when race relations come up, raising questions about who will keep his darkest instincts in check.
Stephen Bannon, who will be the presidents chief strategist, has proudly called Breitbart the platform for the alt-right. Under his leadership, that website ran stories with headlines like, Hoist it high and proud: The Confederate flag proclaims a glorious heritage and 6 reasons Pamela Gellers Muhammad cartoon contest is no different from Selma.
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It's bigger than John Lewis. Trump's team has been tone deaf on race. (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jan 2017
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blueseas
(11,575 posts)1. Ugly people
The Bannons, Spencer, Milo of the world. UGLY, UGLY.
Where did they grow up?
dalton99a
(81,065 posts)2. It's a presidency based on bigotry and racism
as a means to massive corruption and greed.
Wounded Bear
(58,436 posts)3. Their "tone deafness" is by choice, not omission....
They choose to ignore real issues wrapped around racial equality.
The willfully ignore people's feelings about racist, seditious icons like the Rebel flag.
They lionize historical figures that rebelled against our country and attempted to tear it apart to save the odious institution of slavery.
Sorry, it's time to force these people to admit that the Confederacy lost the Civil War.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)4. This is going to be the
2018 mid term Election format. We are seeing the segregation of our Nation as we speak. All one needs to verify this is,read comments on the Media Web Pages .
blueseas
(11,575 posts)6. That is very true - they are tone deaf
By their choice, we need to remember that.
Gothmog
(143,998 posts)5. Trump is a racist and so feels that it is okay to attack Lewis