Before the election, racial resentment closely predicted who was going to vote for [Trump], and after the election, it absolutely nailed who had voted for him.
So what is it? If the nation elected its president on that basis more than any other factor, shouldn't we know better what racial resentment is? Can't we just call it racism?
-- Jim Schutze
No we can't. Nothing gets a racist to plug his ears and say, "Nyah, nyah, I can't hear you" faster than to use the word racist to describe him. Racists have managed to make even the word "racism" politically incorrect, even when applied correctly, that is, to racists. You see, racists believe that if their racism can be defended with anecdotal evidence, then, ipso facto, it's not racism. Against black people? Point to a black criminal. Against Hispanics? Point to an immigrant without correct documents. Against Muslims? Point to a terrorist who shouts "Allahu Akbar." It can't be racist to be against blacks, Hispanics, and Muslims if one can point to a bad black, Hispanic, or Muslim. (Or alternatively, point to a single good one: "One of our attorneys is a Jew" as Roy Moore's wife infamously put it.)
That brings us to Richard Spencer. As Jim Schutze says, he's a racist who doesn't rely on euphemism. He's also on The Dallas Morning News's short list for "Texan of the Year." He sounds much like what I imagine Adolph Hitler must have sounded like to Germans in the 1930s.
"Because, for us as Europeans, it is only normal again when we are great again. Hail Trump! Hail our people! Hail victory!"
-- Richard Spencer
Hitler had electoral success then. So too do Richard Spencer's preferred candidates today. Allowing him, the politicians he supports, and the racist next door shame you into dropping the word "racism" from your vocabulary is already a minor victory for racism. Call racism what it is: racism.
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