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[quote=Anonymous]Sadly, your observations are probably accurate and common, OP, but I think the cause is multifaceted.  Trump and Fox News/conservative media have given permission to previously quiet racists to reveal their true feeling by removing some of the social taboo against it. People with latent racist tendencies have also had their ugliest feelings stoked. But I also think that Trump and conservative media have created new racists. I am a big believer in the idea that racism can be taught and untaught at any age. I visited Sarajevo after the war. It took only a few years for a city that had previously been known for good and peaceful relations among diverse ethnic and religious groups to became a site of genocide. I'm not suggesting anything so dire might happen here, but it does make me view Trump as more than a temporary danger. Defeating Trump is not enough; Trumpism needs to be defeated as well.

The learning goes both ways, though. I would have never described my mother as racist but as an older, white, affluent woman, she was definitely blind to a lot of systemic racism. The Obama presidency changed that, though. She loved him, and seeing the way he was treated was a huge catalyst for her in rethinking a lot of her perceptions and beliefs. She's a pretty woke old lady now!

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