“Donald Trump is the new face of white supremacy,” says hate crime expert.

~ Randy Blazak

August 24, 2015

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Before you think this article is “just one liberal’s opinion,” let me briefly say I have dedicated my life to studying racism. I earned my PhD from Emory University in 1995 after spending several years doing ethnographic field studies of white supremacist groups. I have published books and articles in peer-reviewed journals on the subject and have appeared on more TV shows than I can remember discussing how hate works. In my 20 years at Portland State University, I interviewed scores of committed racists, from teenage skinheads to racist murderers and founders of Nazi prison gangs. So when I say that presidential candidate Donald Trump is a racist hate-monger it’s not just a political pejorative. He has a constitutional right to hold and express racist views, but using those views to manipulate the intellectually vulnerable and mobilize active bigots requires a coherent response. As an expert on hate, I am more than comfortable stating that either Trump is a virulent racist or that he is willing to perform racism and use racism of others to advance his political position.

Trump represents a frightening trend of convenient racism rooted a belief that America was great before ethnic and racial minorities, women, and sexual minorities wanted equal rights. (What Trump calls “political correctness.”) These people will say that “racism is wrong, but…” or “I’m not a racist, but…” and then something deeply racist follows. They’ll say that “all lives matter,” in the face of the movement to acknowledge the devaluing of black lives. They’ll say they are not homophobes, just for “religious freedom” (an argument the KKK still makes). They’ll say they’re not Islamaphobes, just against terrorism (ignoring the carnage done by domestic, often Christian, terrorists). And they’ll say that they are not bigots, just opposed to illegal immigration (of brown people). It’s a kinder, gentler form of bigotry, but it’s still bigotry. And Donald Trump is the new Father Coughlin and he wants to be free of the political correctness that would stand in the way of his bigotry. (At least he’s abandoned the GOP’s “go after the gays” mantra from the last election.)

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Trump has been visiting states with troubled racial histories to sell his rallying cry that “illegal immigrants are killers and rapists.” First Arizona and then, on Friday, Alabama. He started his rally with some classic hate speech, telling the assembled 30,000 supporters and curious (I would have gone to see the Trump clown show) about the alleged rape and torture of a 66-year-old victim in California who was supposedly attacked by an “illegal immigrant.” The crowd went wild. “We have to do it. We have to do something,” he then said. The crowd roared, and some chanted, “White power!”

Two things to know about Trump’s rhetoric

Anyone knowledgeable about the horrific statistics on rape know that women are overwhelmingly victimized by somebody they know, including family members and dates. Only about 18% of rapes are committed by a stranger (and a tiny fraction of those by undocumented immigrants). So if Trump actually cared about women, it would make more sense to devote his rape obsession to step-fathers instead of Mexican immigrants.  Of course, this is a man who has been challenged on the issue of marital rape of one of his ex-wives. Rape is an emotional issue. It was used to lynch innocent blacks in the South and Trump is using it the same way to go after people who are often the hardest workers in the country.

Secondly, in my research I have attended numerous Klan rallies, skinhead gatherings, and meetings of the Aryan Nations, and the rhetoric is almost exactly the same as Trump’s. I was at a Klan Rally in Covington, Georgia in 1991 in which a Klan leader told the small crowd the story of a white woman who had been raped and beaten by an “illegal Mexican.” As with Trump’s story, whether it was true or not didn’t matter. It served to whip the racists into a frenzy. And like Trump’s crowd they were out to “do something” about it. I’ve heard Trump’s rhetoric many times before. “Let’s go back in time to when America was great.” Usually the speaker had a swastika tattoo.

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So it wasn’t surprising last week when a news story emerged of two brothers in Boston who brutally beat a homeless Latino man (and urinated on him), claiming they were inspired by Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric. “Donald Trump was right, all these illegals need to be deported,” one said, in the police report. When told of the crime, instead of condemning it, Trump said, “I will say that people who are following me are very passionate. They love this country and they want this country to be great again.” Later, after much outcry, he backpedaled, posting that he opposed violence on his Twitter account. We still don’t know if he opposes urinating on immigrants. We also don’t know if there have been similar Trump-inspired hate crimes, but it is very likely there will be.

The most reasonable Republican candidate might be Ohio governor John Kasich (who was just endorsed by Deez Nuts!).  At the first GOP/Fox News debate earlier this month, Kasich (maybe buttering up the Donald), admitted that Trump was “hitting a nerve with voters.” But it’s not all Americans. It’s a small subsection of white people who fear the reality that America is getting less white (and more brown). They see the privilege of their white authority undermined every time they walk into a Home Depot and see signs in English and (gasp!) in Spanish. These are the people who say, “I’m not a racist, but…”

The United States is a nation of immigrants, coming from all directions. Most white Americans have ancestors that only go back to no further than the 1880s, making them “less American” than descendants of African slaves. When my great grandfather, Michael Blazak, came here from Prague in the 1890s, he faced plenty of anti-Catholic hostility. His son converted to Protestantism and married the daughter of a Klansman and the cycle of immigrant hating continued. “They’re taking our country away! Let’s make America great again and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!”

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Obviously, Trump is a clown who will say anything that feeds his narcissism. When he said he was going to get Mexico to pay for a wall between our two countries, I could just hear President Peña Nieto laughing and saying, “Señor Trump, chupamela.” Trumpies (I’m coining that term) often say they love Trump because he tells it like it is. If by that they mean that billionaires buy politicians in return for political favors (as Trump admitted in the Fox debate), they are correct. But if they mean all the rest of the crazy stuff that comes out of his mouth, in reality Trump tells it like it isn’t, but it’s what “I’m not racist” racists wish it was. Politifact works overtime trying the present the actual facts to Trump’s lies, but the Trumpies prefer the lie. Something far too common on the right. (“Obama is a Muslim!” “Iraq had weapons of mass destruction!” “The Jews control the banks!”)

Where Trump’s lies are greatest are his bizarre tirades on immigration. Despite his fear mongering, the number of undocumented immigrants has been on the decline since 2009.  And despite his endless mantra about “rapists and murderers,” actual data (a word the “King of Capitalism” should know) shows that crime rates in cities decline as their population of undocumented immigrants increase. Think about it. If you are living in America without papers, you aren’t even going to jaywalk. Why do anything that would risk deportation?

My wife was an illegal immigrant. Thanks to immigration reform under President Bill Clinton, and a lot of difficult hoops to jump through, she earned a permanent resident card and is hoping to become a citizen in time to vote in this election. Our daughter, Cozy, would surely be called an “anchor baby” by Trump (and Jeb Bush). Bush recently asked for a better term to use instead of “anchor baby.” I would suggest the word, “baby.” But dehumanizing immigrants (even infants) wins the “I’m not racist, but…” voters. Trump has said on his first day of his presidency he would immediately “get rid of all these people” (I assume my wife and child are included in that group). Besides the fact it’s not possible (Trump’s “looking into” changing the 14th Amendment of the Constitution), it would devastate the American economy. Who does he thinks picks the strawberries that go into his daiquiris? His latest wife is not only a lingerie model but an immigrant! Maybe he should ask her. (The new First Lady?)

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It’s ironic that Trump laid this line out in Sweet Home Alabama. Alabama Republicans passed a law in 2011 (HB 56, the Alabama Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act) to crack down on “illegals.” Residents soon saw produce rotting in fields, disappearing from grocery shelves and restaurants closing. The federal government weighed in (with the help of the Southern Poverty Law Center) on the Constitutionality of the law and it is now a fond memory of the intersection between racist politics and reality.

Alabama tried a Donald Trump-style immigration law. It failed in a big way.

Trump, of course, caters to the convenient racists. At the Alabama rally he was joined on stage by Jeff Sessions, one of the most extreme anti-immigration politicians in the country who has been linked to white supremacist groups. Trump is now using this avowed racist as a “consultant” on his immigration policy. It should be pointed out that when Trumpies blather about “illegal immigrants,” they are not concerned about undocumented Russians, Ukrainians, Irish, Canadians or even Chinese. It’s all about brown people. Trump telling the story of an undocumented Irishman committing a heinous crime wouldn’t get the same roar of approval as a similar story about an “illegal Mexican.”

And now that Trump is trying to woo Conservative Christians, he’s added Islamophobia into his stump speeches, including making up stories about Christian refugees from Syria not being allowed into the U.S., when Muslim refugees are. It’s another lie, but the “I’m not racist” Trumpies send the lie around in chain emails and Facebook stories. (It even got posted by a Trumpie on my page.) Can you imagine what Jesus would say about Donald?

I sincerely doubt Trump really wants to be president of the country and submit himself to the art of the compromise that is politics in the real world. He just wants to win to feed his massive ego. But who knows how many hate crimes he will inspire in the process. It should be noted that Trump is widely popular on the racist Stormfront discussion board. Stormfront is the primary place white supremacists and Neo-Nazis meet and registered members have been linked to almost 100 murders.

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I know this blog is supposed to be about being a feminist father and the challenges of raising my daughter in a patriarchal world and not about politics. But there is no better example of the failed model of racist, sexist masculinity than Donald J. Trump. He is an artifact of the past and he wants to drag the country back to it. The man’s rhetoric directly affects the security of my family. The thought of someone hating my wife and child (or attacking them) because they want to “make America great again,” is frightening. When was Trump’s America great? In 2008, when the Great Recession started? In 1954, before the passage of Brown vs. the Board of Education? In 1860, before the start of the Civil War? America is better than Donald Trump, but I fight against him for the safety of my family.

TRUMP Part 2 – This is what fascism looks like.

TRUMP Part 3 – Kiss my anchor baby!

TRUMP Part 4 – I told you Donald Trump was a fascist!

TRUMP Part 5 – Who the hell is supporting Donald Trump?

Here is a song for Señor Trump he might know.

570 thoughts on ““Donald Trump is the new face of white supremacy,” says hate crime expert.”

  1. It takes an extremely racist person to see racism in places where others don’t. Bandaids, because they don’t match your skin color…Grocery stores because your food is in the “ethnic” section, etc. etc. — it isn’t hard to make whatever you want racist — including Mr. Trump. If you don’t think this county needs a change in the way things are done then you live in a box. GO TEAM TRUMP!!

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    1. Would you wear a dark brown Band-aid?
      If it is no big deal, color one with a marker, place it across the bridge of your nose and post a picture of yourself shopping at the grocery store with it on.
      Because it’s not a real issue right?

      I’d settle for you wearing a Spongebob Squarepants bandage on your nose to a Trump rally.

      I’m sure Randy would be happy to oblige us in this experiment.

      “If you don’t think this county needs a change in the way things are done then you live in a box.”

      You are absolutely correct.
      We have had enough obscenely rich people of every stripe co-opt the democratic process in this Republic. This would be specifically through gerrymandering, exclusion, Citizen’s United, lobbying, pork barrel, nepotism and corruption, to be absolutely clear.

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      1. “If it is no big deal, color one with a marker, place it across the bridge of your nose and post a picture of yourself shopping at the grocery store with it on.”

        I’m on your side, but that is a painfully unintelligent example. I wouldn’t think twice if it was a brown band aid, and certainly wouldn’t contemplate it racism if only brown ones were available! If you’re going to argue against Trump’s rhetoric or actions, please educate yourself on the concept and definition of racism.

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      2. So you support a country that murders 22 Veterans a day. Lets address that. Trump is not tied to big business. Now do a story on the truth he speaks of. This is a one sided post and you only address 1 issue. Lets talk about the brotherhood taking over our country. You support that? I have no issue with immigrants coming into the country LEGALLY. Address that. ILLEGAL is not racist. It is Illegal. And yes anchor babies. You may be a racist.

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    2. This sounds like more racist rhetoric. If you can’t see the blatantly racist antics of Trump for what they are, you obviously don’t understand racism or are just trying to convince yourself of something that is false.

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      1. If he used the “N” word a few times he would win by a landslide. He has stated that he would bomb,bomb, bomb Iran so he has the jewish money in his pocket. Our next President. The greatest country in the world and the dumbest population.

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    3. “…in places where others don’t.” – well, the racists of the 1950s and earlier (and later), who lynched blacks for various “crimes” like wanting to vote or whistling at a white woman didn’t see racism, either, so just because some people don’t see racism doesn’t mean it’s not there. When Trump maligns an ethnic group in order to play to people’s fears and garner votes, it’s nothing but racism. When he ignores facts and spouts falsehoods, it’s nothing but racism. You, however, zetterquist, seem to be his target audience that eats up those falsehoods and is willing to ignore facts for the advancement of your agenda, which is quite at odds with American values (even if you do wrap yourself in the flag).

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      1. Um, yes, they did see racism in their own actions, that was the point. They were racist the same as virtually everyone was ‘transphobic’ until the world ‘transphobic’ became popularized by left intellectuals and people want to avoid being called a name so they pretend to believe that life is a video game where people can select their gender.

        The tactic the article’s author is using is common, but worth noting.

        Trump is, definitely, white supremecist. His immigration rants, etc., is pretty blatant so there’s no questioning that. But the author has used this to set a trap for people who are not racist, to pretend that they are and falsely connect them to Trump by including things like ‘All Lives Matter’.

        Some history on the ‘all lives matter’ thing. There was a growing protest movement against police brutality in cities across North America. These protests were racially mixed, as were the victims, most involved knew about the racial disparity and acknowledge it, but the main point was that police killing unarmed citizens is wrong and police should not be able to get away with it.

        Then along came the corporate funded, ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement that suddenly had activists on the ground in those cities, often announcing ‘their’ events at places and times other people had already organized a protest, and then showing up and ‘calling out’ the original organizers for centering the event on police brutality itself rather than the racialist narrative. Black Lives Matter didn’t start the anti-police protests, they highjacked and derailed them to push their racialist agenda.

        By tying the anti-racists who say ‘all lives matter’ to Trump, the author is doing his actual job, which is to push an anti-white racist narrative that will ultimately lead to a backlash, because keeping racism alive is the job of the professional ‘anti-racist’.

        The author admits in the beginning that he has ‘dedicated his life to studying racism’, which means that his personal identity and entire world view is wrapped in racialist ideologies, he is either financially committed to making race the central issue in everything in order to perpetuate his own function, or he is just as ideologically committed as the white supremecists themselves to the idea that race is center to everything, and so his ideology feeds the white supremecist cause by helping white supremecists by backing people into a corner where they can’t fight for their own rights without supporting the white supremecists.

        When former KKK leader David Duke ran, it was with the Democrats. He was chummy with Clinton, who started the mass incarceration of black people with the ‘3 strikes’ rule in the 90s.
        The wealthy elite keep themselves in power by keeping the poor and working class fighting each other, middle class ‘left’ academics and ‘intellectuals’ work hand in hand with their right wing counterparts, graduates from the same universities and spokespeople within the same media nexus, perpetuate these divisions by attributing the actions of the wealthy elite to ‘white people’ as a whole while the right wing works to make poor white people afraid of non-whites.

        They’re all good friends.

        Poor and working class white people who reject the blatant racism of the ‘right’ find themselves boxed into a corner where they’re called racist by ‘left’ middle class academics if they don’t perpetuate racist stereotypes against themselves and admit to the ‘original sin of white privilege’ and pretend that they somehow benefit from the actions of the wealthy elite.

        Funny thing about the professional ‘anti-racists’ and their ‘opponents’. They’re icons used to get together. Alot. The KKK under Duke had frequent back and forth with Farrakhan and the NOI, the ‘New Black Panther Party’, which has been an entry level training organization for a lot of activists in other movements, including ‘Black Lives Matter’, had ‘White Aryan Resistance’ leader Tom Metzger speak at their first convention, the 2 extremes who preach ‘race war’ rhetoric to their lower level membership act in concert to boost each other’s reputions within their own respective movements. They battle each other in the streets to get headlines for both, so that the ‘black leaders’ can get on tv and pretend they’re leading the protests organized by locals with no connection to those ‘leaders’, and use fear of their ‘opponents’ to make the locals afraid to argue with the ‘leaders’ for fear of weakening their own side.

        They are all puppets with the right and left hands of the same rich guy up their asses.

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    4. Darn it! Zetterquist just broke the meter I use to measure obliviousness! The needle went to the top, then started spinning around and fell off. Thanks a lot Zetterquist! What is truly difficult is to fail to see racism when it is so blatantly obvious. But then, you just broke my obliviousness meter, so there’s that….

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    5. You’re a race baiting moron.

      Didn’t get past your bragging about having a PHD.

      What your premise is going to be is nonsensical and already proven wrong. Pitting black people who over overwhelmingly prefer Trump to any Democrat. The Democrats are using Illegal Immigration and the 14th Amendment to tether Anchor Babies to Black Slavery and no one is stupid enough to believe it except you!

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      3. My practice is about 90% Black. I have not heard anything but vitriol from them about T Rump. He’s a racist dickwad and any black not named Carson or Sewell sees that. You sir, are a liar and a moron.

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      5. That fact that you do not listen to intelligence even when it is in a measurable form such as a prestigious degree like a PhD tells us all that you are not an intelligent person.

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    6. Don’t think. Whatever you do…DON’T THINK. Then you might realize that what you’re talking about is the radical notion that brown people are people, too.

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      1. So it’s impossible to see racism if there isn’t any? That means all accusations of racism are valid.

        Thank you for illustrating the insane hypocrisy of self-hating leftist lunatics.

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      1. Ha. Have any substance to offer? You’re probably too busy supporting the likes if a career criminal and liar like Clinton.

        Do liberals have any self awareness?

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    10. Yes, anything can be twisted to look like racism. However, Trump’s words are not being twisted, he actually said these things. So I’m not really sure how your comment is relevant. No one is Denying the USA needs a change, but I would literally vote for any other republican candidate before Trump.

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      1. I would literally not vote for any republican except Trump! The rest see the US as some global commons that anybody can come to and use as they see fit. At least says he values the US and wants to keep if for Americans.

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    14. You don’t see the hate in Trumps words when he spouts blanket accusations on ethnic groups, and treats women with so much disrespect? America needs POSITIVE change. America needs cooperation, compassion, education, and most of all, peace. You need to abolish guns, violence against women and minorities, and your government’s obsession with war (a.k.a. ‘forcing the ideologies of american freedom down other countries throats whilst guzzling their foreign oil).

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    15. The reasons why America is no longer great like it was for boomers has nothing to do with immigrants, labour unions, welfare queens or even the national debt. We, boomers, grew up and came of age in a unique time in the history of the world. In 1946 when the boom started, World War II had just ended. Europe and most of Asia were in ruins. The United States was the only western power to come out relatively unscathed. The rest of the world needed to be rebuilt and we were the ones to do it. It created an economic it helped to create prosperity never before seen in the history of the world. Combined with the terms of Bretton Woods 1 for settlements of foreign trade accounts we were able to not only contribute to the rebuilding of the world but also reap the products of the economies the United States helped to restore.

      But guess what? Those things changed. The world was restored and no longer needed help from the US. That favourable foreign trade agreement proved to be unsustainable. In 1972 the world weaned itself from the dependency on US dollars to settle foreign accounts and that great prosperity we’d enjoyed for the previous 25 began to shrink. It’s continued to shrink ever since.
      The American empire is only sustained by military power, the maintenance of which diminishes the share of the pie available for the domestic economy. It doesn’t mean the US can’t be a happy and prosperous place to live, it just means it’s never going to be the place it was 50 years ago. The party’s over folks.

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    16. What a lame, and transparent, hatchet piece. And of course the author is a self-described “expert”. If Trump really was a racist, there would be a trail of dozens of comments going back four decades, and lines of “victims” testifying to his racist treatment. In our modern society, where everything is seen as a “micro-aggression” Trump and his supporters are labeled racists. The actual reason for that is their refusal to give up on our laws, and march in lock-step with the progressive thought-police. La Raza, which literally means “The Race”, is never described by these “experts” as a racist organization, even though some of there members use terms like “blue-eyed devils”. But anyone that wants our borders secure or immigration regulated is a white-supremist racist…even the latinos and hispanics citizens apparently.

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      2. This attack on Trump is definitely a Hatchet job.Makes a person wonder what is behind all this expressed anger and hostility towards Trump.I suspect that Randy Blazak did exactly what he contracted to do by some anonymous boss with the democratic national committee : discredit & slander Donald Trump as much as you think you can get away with.

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      4. Sweetie, you’re not a “self-described” expert if you’re actually an expert. He has years of experience, research and extensive publishing in journals reviewed by countless other PhD holders in his field. If you think that’s easy, let’s see your doctorate.

        Also, anyone who puts micro-aggression in quotation marks… Yeah, you’re the people he’s talking about. Just because you don’t have to experience the reality of living in a society that systematically belittles you daily (a man the other day kindly explained to me what the use of a “handle” was on my suitcase, which I had been carrying around all day on my own, by pointing to it and saying “you pick it up from here.”) doesn’t mean that it /isn’t/ the reality.

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    17. Trump IS racist. How can you deny all of the obvious evidence pointing to his racism? He supported a racial crime in Boston, many of his supporters are KKK members, white supremacists, and neo nazis. This has nothing to do with bandaids or food products. Have you even read the article?

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    18. What’s so hard to understand? Undocumented immigrants work hard, pay taxes, go to church and love their families. Trump labels them rapists and drug dealers and riles up the mob against them. That’s racist. (In case, the original article was too lengthy for you to follow. It appears you have your limitations.)

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    20. Trump is not the answer, he is for entertainer only….his ego is massive and he’s just an idiot. Imagine a casino owner for president who manufactures his Macy’s clothes in China and Mexico……gag me

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    21. The fact of the matter I believe, is that everyone is missing the point of Donald Trumps presidential campaign. This is a test. A test of our nation’s moral ambiguity. If trump fails to win the presidency, we will have wished that our media had not been so thoroughly distracting with this and actually informed us of “ghost” legislation being passed behind our backs. If he does win, legislation is passed, our rights as Americans are even more diminished, and our government and financial leaders will know just how ignorant we are as a nation. So will the rest of the world. Donald trump`s campaign is a test. Another chapter in what is called social engineering, bringing us closer to our inevitable residence in FEMA`s domestic prison camps. Vote for him, don’t vote for him. But at least understand why he’s there…

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    22. Who said this country doesn’t need a change? This is typical rhetoric. Where did the author talk about bandaids? the “ethnic” food section of the grocery store? Try learning to read and comprehend. There are many, many examples of Trump’s racism and mysogeny, concrete examples he offers to us on a daily basis.

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    23. No, only an ignorant and biased person doesn’t see racism where it blatantly exists. I ask yourself, why is some food placed in the “ethnic” category but other types are not? What does that mean, especially in a society that is supposed to be inclusive.

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  2. This was SO well written… and chock full of facts. Something missing on the subject these days. Well done my friend ~ I will be sharing!

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  3. zetterquist is an example of what Mrs. Clinton meant about “we can’t change all the hearts”. I am just wondering how many of us have lost our hearts and souls. I just dont understand this hate. Walk in another’s steps. Think what it would mean to you to be shouted about, discriminated against, refused the right to vote or live where you want. Just put yourself in someone else’s place for one minute and you will know the damage done and that is still being done by people like DT – I refuse to every speak his name. I wish everyone would quit giving him any air time. Call CNN they are the worst and I expected more of them. And after traveling the world, i landed in Alabama. Beautiful coast but we liberals have to really stick together — trying to find some.

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  4. Anyone who says ” I have dedicated my life to studying racism” spends most of their life looking for racism everywhere. Even where it doesn’t exist. Trump stands against ILLEGAL immigration, only the race-baiters of America have to misinterpret that as racism. It’s not racism to protest ILLEGAL immigration.

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    1. And then there are (white) people who spend their lives ignoring the existence of racism. Bring me an example of Trump talking about crimes by illegal Canadians or Russians, Michael, and I will admit that you have a point.

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    2. Really? You honestly think racism doesn’t exist? Or do you just not want to think about the opposite-that racism is omnipresent. Trivial Trump stands for one thing and one thing only: MONEY-and good for him. But not as my president.

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    3. “Any doctor who says ‘I have dedicated my life to studying disease’ spends most of their life looking for diseases everywhere. Even where they don’t exist.” is not a thing anyone would say. Being an expert in something just means you’re -good at finding the thing you’re an expert of-.

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    4. Michael Mastro, you need to do a little studying about racism. Trump is blatantly racist. It’s not subtle. If you can’t see it, you really do not understand racism. Before you make more comments you should learn more about the it.
      I’m sure there is a community college in your area with classes on the subject.

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      1. I must have missed the whole Trump racism thing? Can you give examples? And ILLEGAL ALIEN is not a race.

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      2. How is Trump “blatantly racist”? He didn’t condemn an entire race of people. He condemns illegal immigrants, who should truthfully be called alien invaders. Racism is the belief that one is better than another because of the color of their skin. What is your definition?

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    5. Perhaps you should try growing up in a third world country before you jude immigrants. Just turn on your tv and watch what is happening in the middle east and europe. People flee hardships, not run toward violent/illegal activity.

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    6. Michaell Mastro, then why doesn’t Trump propose a wall around the entirety of America. You know, to keep out the Dutch, the Welsh, the French, the Australian, the Italians, the Canadians, etc etc?

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      2. Michael Mastro, are you talking about facts or your own observations based on skin color. These “droves” you speak of come from all corners of the globe – you just happen to notice the “illegals” that might not match your skin color. Of course, I don’t know you or your skin color, but I do know that one person’s “droves” is another person’s “fellow human being.” People come to our great country for a better life, not to mess with you and your ilk.

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      3. Adriana – Skin color has nothing to do with it! If Scottish people were coming over the border illegally, I would object to that also. What is it that prohibits you from making the distinction between LEGAL and ILLEGAL?

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      4. @Michael Mastro. Yes they do. Nearly half of all “illegals” are legal aliens who have overstayed their VISA.

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    7. It is when, AS STATED IN THE ARTICLE, your outrage is only about certain illegal immigrants: ” It should be pointed out that when Trumpies blather about “illegal immigrants,” they are not concerned about undocumented Russians, Ukrainians, Irish, Canadians or even Chinese. It’s all about brown people. Trump telling the story of an undocumented Irishman committing a heinous crime wouldn’t get the same roar of approval as a similar story about an “illegal Mexican.””

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      1. Because those illegals do not make the headlines committing horrendous crimes in droves, because the number of MS13 and Mexican gangs are mowing down people at alarming rates. Go live in Arizona down by Yuma and the border. Tell me how safe those tent cities are….

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    8. But it is racism to talk about selective examples of individual crimes and point to a minority group. Which is what he does whenever he opens his mouth, oh, unless he is making personal remarks about the looks of various women.

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  5. You (Randy) and Trump are not very different. You just sit on opposite sides of the spectrum. Neither one of you are making this country any better. You’re such a pussy

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      1. Nice deflection….I’m surprised you didn’t check from grammatical or spelling errors. You are just so witty.

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      2. It’s racist to use the race card where it’s invalid.

        You didn’t identify a single explicitly racist statement Trump has made. You won’t, because you can’t.

        It’s racist for Joe Biden to say, “they want to put yall back in chains.” You’re a hypocrite, so you don’t care about that.

        It’s racist to Killary Clinton to change her cadence: I ain’t now ways tired.

        You don’t care, because you’re a hypocrite.

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    2. Can I check from grammatical and spelling errors? Can I offer that by adding absolutely nothing to the debate, and simply being a ‘back seat blogger’ you are doing even less for the issue?

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  7. You know I am very familiar with the “face of white supremacy,” having directly and actively opposed it for MANY YEARS. Tagging unpopular politicians as the “face of white supremacy” actually only helps the white supremacists. It make such extremists sound “reasonable” to people who can’t understand why they are being slurred as racists if they support a particular political candidate.

    There are PLENTY of REAL faces of white supremacism out there.
    There is NO NEED to invent one.

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    1. I completely understand you point, but my point is there is now a safe place for white supremacists to go. You don’t need a Klan hood anymore, just a “Make America Great Again” hat. David Duke threw his support to Trump today.

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      1. Randy – this is a case of media and left-wing bloggers playing into a calculated trap and the hands of white supremacists. In fact, they KNEW there would be people who would conflate their “endorsement” of Trump as Trump being the “white nationalist” candidate. They were COUNTING on such an extreme response from those being irresponsible with the facts. The white supremacists are using this response to help network to those few whites, who may have previously rejected their cause, as showing that this makes it clear that people in the media and left are “out to get them” for being white. To them, getting another 100 or so supporters out of many millions is a real success.

        I urge you to do some research. Whether we do or do not agree with Trump, while his comments on Mexican illegal immigrants are controversial to say the least, conflating it with white nationalism is not reasonable. Trump may say something or align himself with white nationalists, and if we have real facts, that is different. But we do know about candidates who received funds from real white nationalist group C of CC – have they all given those funds back?

        Do you know who David Duke supported in 2012? Google it. Barack Obama, because Duke though Obama would be better for whites than Mitt Romney. “In fact Romney will do far more damage to White people, and for that matter all the peoples of the world than would even Obama”

        Google “duke why romney will be worse than obama”

        Would it be reasonable to say in 2012 that Barack Obama was the candidate of David Duke? Of course not. Now do we have a statement where Obama rejected the support of David Duke? Well, I am certain President Obama rightly viewed it beneath him to even comment.

        David Duke also endorsed the 2012 Congressional campaign of African-American Charles Barron for his criticism of Israel. Did African-American Charles Barron discuss David Duke’s “endorsement”? No.

        http://www.nydailynews.com/news/election-2012/ku-klux-klan-leader-david-duke-endorses-councilman-charles-barron-congress-bid-article-1.1099852
        http://www.mediaite.com/online/united-in-hate-fmr-kkk-leader-david-duke-endorses-black-anti-zionist-for-congress/

        I am sure the white supremacist leaders like the national attention they are getting for their hate causes, when people associate them with a popular political candidate. But what we need to do is condemn and shame white supremacist views and behavior in all its forms.

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      3. Randy….so what. Who cares if Barney the Dino backs him, wouldn’t that be the case with any famous white candidate who they could get free press off? You think trump likes that? Please see my post today. Hate groups are always going to find a way to piggyback a high profile person who could get their name in our mouths, your actually doing EXACTLY what they want. I haven’t thought about the low life, inbred Klan for years.

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  8. Thank you Randy for your article. I am frightened of what is happening in my country and I cannot even begin to fathom a President Trump. God help us all.

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  10. If you came to this country illegally you should be made to leave. Period. If that destroys your family then I’m sorry but maybe you should have thought of that before breaking the law.

    If you were born here, were confirmed for citizenship, or have obtained the proper visa then welcome to America, please enjoy your stay!

    This applies to every person regardless of age, race, religion, gender, color, creed, origin, or whatever else people get offended over. Who you are doesn’t matter. Where you can’t from is irrelevant. How you got here matters and if you did it illegally than you did it wrong.

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      1. You do realize that the law is the law and we don’t get to pick and choose which ones we follow, right?

        If you really want to change this issue maybe you should do less bashing of current politicians and put that PhD to good use drafting legislation to put to the Senate and enact some real change. Until that point, you have an unstable foundation for your entire platform. What you are protesting is not only right but LAWFUL in this country.

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      2. ILLEGAL ALIEN is not a race. You’ve just proven the whole basis of your racism claim to be false. Yes, I debate quite often and I just wiped up the floor with you.

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      3. Except that when people like Trump say “illegal alien”, they mean “the Mexicans”. How often has he brought up the northern border?
        When he talks about people coming into this country it’s always the Mexicans or the terrorists. You know. .. all the big scary beheading muslims

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    2. Well, step one would be to fix the broken immigration process. Furthermore, for quite a few, being forcec to ‘go back’ means an end to their life.
      I don’t understand why a path to citizenship isn’t a better choice. Yeah, they broke the law. Help them become citizens. Become productive members of society, paying taxes, pay a fine, community service or something. A boon to America, the economy, and, well, a win-win for everyone.
      Ever sped while driving? If so, you’re criminal scum. Your license should be revoked. Voting rights too. Perhaps jailtime too. What’s that? punishment doesn’t fit the crime? huh. Imagine that…

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      1. If the legislation was passed to provide a fast lane to citizenship for people who are already here and would like to apply for citizenship in a legal fashion then I would have no objection (again, WELCOME TO AMERICA!). Maybe instead of trolling and being sarcastic on forums you should draft said legislation. You know, since you’re the smartest person on the internet, obviously, and we’re all idiots then you’re really the only man for the job.

        As to your comparison of illegal immigration and speeding: If the legal punishment for speeding was jail time and the revocation of my license and voting rights then that’s the price I should have to pay for speeding. Duh. I’m not just being obstinate on the point of immigration. I’m saying that the law needs to be upheld in all realms of our society and – if not – then the punishment must be enforced or what was the point of drafting a Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and all subsequent laws and amendments?

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      1. If you can cite the law (from a credible source) that my ancestor broke when they arrived here I will happily concede your point; until that time your statement is factually inaccurate. Do I believe that what happened to Native Americans was unethical and wrong? Yes. Was it illegal? Nope.

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      2. That’s because there was no need for official laws covering the entirety of the Americas before white people arrived. You’re trying to compare apples and oranges in demanding that there be a law against something morally reprehensible, because “illegal” is worse than “morally wrong.” Concepts of land ownership were completely different, and when “laws” were established, it was only by those who had invaded. No effort was made to understand and respect the unwritten laws of the native people. Forcing european ideology on to a culture that had an entirely different sense of law and order is a cultural invasion as much as a physical one.

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      3. @Lindsay. I guess Civil Disobedience means nothing to do. I wonder where the civil rights movement would be if it’s leaders thought like you. And I’m pretty sure that the settlers were breaking numerous treaties in their efforts to gain the land of the Natives, so yes it was “illegal”.

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  11. Unless your ancestors were Native American, then YOU are the illegal immigrant and YOU must go! My ancestors were on this continent long before the Europeans “discovered” us. Europeans are the real rapists and murderers.

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      1. You have with this comment proven your insane blame america first self hatred credentials.

        How about we all leave and give the land back to the indians? But which ones? You think they weren’t raping, killing, taking lands before we got here?

        Why do you hate America so much?

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    2. ‘My ancestors were on this continent long before the Europeans “discovered” us.’

      Knowing how that turned out, why would you support more foreigners ‘discovering’ America? Would you not rather stop the flow and then work on evicting those already here?

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    3. Maria, I actually completely agree with you. So just let me know when the collective Native American tribes are ready to fund the deportation of all non- Native American persons in the country and I’ll take a ticket to England. Coach is fine, I’m not picky.

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    4. American settlers broke treaty after treaty with Native Americans to drive them out and steal their land. Is that illegal enough for you? (no, I’m sure). This word I just learned applies to many of the commenters on here: : Podsnappery
      (POD•SNAP•per•ee)
      Noun:
      -An attitude toward life marked by complacency and a refusal to recognize unpleasant facts
      -Smug self-satisfaction and a lack of interest in the affairs of others

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      1. Do you actually have a point? By the way, our diseases killed the indians, mostly.

        Does the fact that we did bad things to indians mean we should not have immigration law?

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  12. I spoke with an OB-GYN, male who actually attended the event and heard the person who spoke that comment “White power” and the press decided those were the most news worthy words spoken. I have lived in the south all of my life and we have many uneducated people. Whether Trump is racist or not is to be determined, but it is not to be determined based on another stupid individuals comment. Why don’t you analyze Obama?

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      1. If you view him as a positive figure, you’re a hypicrite. Obama is divisive racially on purpose. He has the blood of executed police officers on his hands because he ratchets up racial tension at every opportunity.

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    2. It’s newsworthy because that doesn’t happen at other candidates events. Not even other Republicans. Why is Trump attracting the white supremacists?

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  13. There is no such thing as White Supremacy, we are all equal, perhaps the slogan created by the fearful of inferiority needed the title but that doesn’t make it real. The phrase ought to be put to rest.

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    1. Obviously, but just because it doesn’t exist doesn’t mean there aren’t millions of people who believe it does. To deny the existence of racism is the worst kind of racism. And I wish we equality existed in practice.

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      1. I am Australian and lived in the US for a year in the 1960’s and have been back several times over the years. What I have seen in this 40 year period is your country turning into a third world hellhole.(sounds like a book title). Institutionalized exploitation of low skilled whites by hostile elites. Your country has BECOME straight out of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.

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    2. yes, no such thing — whites have never hoarded all the resources, or couched these efforts in religious terms, or written all the rules to benefit themselves and never ever thought of doing it all on the backs of minorities.

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  15. Those commenters who talk about how “illegals” should leave this country conveniently forget that Bush pere et fils were both open border Republicans. Why? Because businesses like cheap labor and not having to pay to be in compliance with OSHA regulations. And the Bushies were very pro business.

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    1. You assume that Bushes Jr. and Sr. and their stances on this issue are in any way relevant to the belief system of commenters on this post. Speaking for myself, they are not.

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  16. Been a while since I read a bucket of Leftist Insane Vomit like this! Apparently, all those degrees did not give you a lick of sense, which can be seen from all spectrums of the Leftist Education system, where all these Leftist Professors of Sociology, Prof of Toiletries, Prof of Welfare Checks, bla, bla, bla are always making idiotic comments or writing trash like this article! Apparently, all the education in the world does not help a Leftist Mind! It will remain Racist, Idiotic, and Intolerant no matter what Facts and Truth is thrown at them!

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    2. Congrats. You aptly demonstrate the true problem in this country. Why it’s s divided. It’s because of people like you who see the people sitting across the political aisle as ‘the enemy’.
      There’s almost nothing I agree with on the right. But I do not see them as the enemy, or the scourge of America. Because they are fellow Americans. And human beings (If I use the term loosely).
      So long as people with the same mindset as you exist, America will continue to lag behind every other civilized nation

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    3. I find your random capitalization, lack of a focused argument, and outright insults disturbing. You really need to learn to express a coherent thought without it becoming a pissing contest. Moving on from your obvious stupidity, I need to express this. The fact that you call the writer “racist and intolerant” for being intolerant of Trump’s racism is the most hilarious thing I have ever read on the internet. Oh, and that spiel you vomited about facts? Whenever a left-leaning article exposes facts about a right-wing savior… this kind of reductionist thinking comes out of your mouth. “Liberal media, all liberals are dumb! Blah blah blah don’t tread on me!” Get an education before you come to a place like this and try to insult someone who’s forgotten more than your tiny reptilian brain can retain.

      Save it for someone who can’t see you for what you really are, which is one of the many dick-breathed right-leaning idiots degrading the foundation of this once-great country. Is the left perfect? Fuck no. But they’re a damn sight better than the right. They’re not the ones who fought veterans tooth and nail for 30 years. They’re not the reason a lot of my former battle buddies are homeless with no insurance. They’re not the reason the VA in my town had to close up shop. You fuckers are.

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    4. Actually, studies have shown the reverse. It isn’t that “leftist” minds aren’t changed by education–it’s that education MAKES minds leftist. That is, the more educated the person, the more likely they are to align with liberal ideologies. This is not because the educational system is inherently liberal, it’s because smart people are liberal. It’s absolutely fascinating that you’d ignore the well-researched opinions of the most intelligent people in our country because they disagree with you.

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  17. When white males stop determining outcomes; writing the definitions; calling the shots; pillaging the resources; making the policies; creating the rules; and starting the wars, things will change to a more peaceful, fair and equitable nation. This push back by Trump and the rest of the GOP for “change” is based in fear that they are losing everything that made them “successful” – white male privilege. In the meantime, they are screwing you from behind and you don’t even feel it.

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  18. Randy..looks like you have your hands full on this one, sorta. Is the Trump Carnival/Vaudeville real? Flogging Women and Mexicans on national/international TV was mean/was real.

    Your take “But it’s not all Americans. It’s a small subsection of white people who fear the reality that America is getting less white …” Let me push on your “small subsection” take.

    In terms of racism, I’m guessing you’re excluding the population that are pretty much publicly unspoken (closet mum) but demonstrably act (eg) where they live, send their kids to school, park their, or walk in the evening. Even being pissed about Indian open fishing/hunting season doesn’t count as being a racist.

    If they do qualify as being race conscious then so is a good 60-80% of white America including TRUMP and the Gang of 15 +3. Put a bit harsher the US population originating from the NW quadrant of Europe consider themselves genetically and culturally superior to the rest of the planet’s crayola box of races/nationalities.

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  19. Randy, I’ve no doubt that Jeff Sessions, deep down, is a virulent racist in the finest tradition of Alabama elites, but I doubt very much that he’s an “avowed” racist. You make excellent points throughout; don’t diminish their impact with inaccuracies.

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    1. trvdante, there is nothing wrong with pride in your race, whatever race one may be. There IS much wrong with hate and discrimination of a race only because it isn’t yours. This goes for white people, black people, brown people, yellow people.

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    2. If you don’t think it’s morally wrong to be racist, then you’re already a lost cause. Racism is pointless, and intellectually bankrupt. Then again, racism is generally the purview of the stupid so there’s that.

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    3. Hey, Rambo, you can be as racist as you want to be. This is America after all, the land of free speech, among other great things. Here is when it is morally wrong – when you use your hatred of a human being that bears a skin color different from yours to justify discrimination and violence.

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  22. Trump represents sexually repressed conservatards who need to understand why it is moral for them to embrace annihilation. Just as Vester Flanagan took his symbol of white male oppression and used it to redeem two white people, those of us who embrace social justice need to look to serious action of destroying the white race.

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    1. Too bad Trump means “Mexican” when he says “illegal alien”. Since, like people have said before me, he seems to have no issue with illegal Canadians, Europeans, Germans, or Russians. It reminds me of the recent trend with white people is to say “thug” when they really man “that scary black man over there”. Racism will never end if -all- talks of it get deflected by people like you unintelligibly calling it “race baiting”. I will never understand why people are blind to racism. I don’t even experience it and I see.

      Inb4 someone accuses me of white guilt.

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  24. Your credentials are impressive.

    “So when I say that presidential candidate D. Trump is a racist hate-monger it’s not just a political pejorative.”

    “As an expert on hate, I am more than comfortable stating that either Trump is a virulent racist or that he is wiling to perform racism and use racism of other to advance his political position.”

    What’s it going to be, man? Is Trump a racist hate-monger or is Trump taking advantage of intellectually vulnerable white U.S. citizens? Because it sounds like you’re hedging your expertise, which is to say you’re equivocating. Why? I don’t know why and mostly I don’t care why. I would just like for you to commit, Doctor. In your expert opinion is Trump–the man running for president of the United States–a racist? Yes or not? Not “failed model of racist … ” but unequivocally yes or no?

    Your spouse is a former illegal immigrant and your expert opinion is unbiased? Possibly you’re unaware of your own intellectual vulnerability? By that is meant possibly you don’t recognize the conflict of interest your family situation admits in relation to your expert opinion. I mean it is about appearances, yes? The whole of your article here is dedicated to appearances.

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    1. Why can’t he be both? White supremacists have always exploited the xenophobic fears of intellectually vulnerable white people. Racism wouldn’t even exist if that wasn’t a thing.

      And as far as his “conflict of interest”? Everyone saying that Trump isn’t racist, to my knowledge, has admitted to supporting him. Wouldn’t that be a conflict too? Since people as a general rule tend not to see the terrible aspects of someone they admire. Although, admiring Trump is a pretty big red flag since the only way he’d be more obviously racist is if he had “Grand Imperial Dragon” in front of his name.

      I don’t like the idea of illegal immigrants. But paining a group of people with the broad stroke of “murderous rapist” seems a bit racist to me. Especially considering whenever one of us commits a school shooting, and people want to say that white people are all psychopathic racist gun nuts, we scream injustice.

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    2. Monger means seller. Line “fish monger”
      It can also mean someone who uses something petty for their own gains. Like hate monger.
      So, in essence, he’s either a deep-down racist, or he’s using racism to garner votes. Either way it’s pretty bad.

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    3. Your whole comment is hilarious because you’re clearly trying to replicate an academic rhetoric without actually having the capacity to participate in one.

      What Randy is saying is that Trump replicates racist ideology. The question is whether he actually subscribes to these ideas, or is just using a racist rhetoric to appeal to a subsection of the population that is susceptible to mob mentality. In either situation the rhetoric exists.

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      1. Stop trying to flex your mind muscles on people….seriously your like the Harvard hipster who tried to shame Ben in Good Will Hunting….how ya like them apples??

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  26. I don’t understand why people hate their fellow Americans so much that they would prefer letting illiterate and violent third world migrants stream across the border without any regulation whatsoever. Is having a dialogue with your neighbors and countrymen so difficult that you would rather have a unilateral discourse with illiterates who do not speak your tongue and do not share your culture and are merely feigning subservience until they are in a position of strength? Just what about the 1950’s are you so pathologically afraid of that you would deny your own security?

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    1. Perhaps that the 1950’s was pre-civil rights and pre-gender equality? Are you seriously suggesting that America has a unified culture without illegal immigrants, or that there is a race war impending?

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  28. I had to read the whole blog, before coming to the conclusion that this is just one liberals opinion. I have also decided that just because someone has a degree, and studies a discipline their “whole life,” does not mean their own narrow minded, bigoted, hypocrisy will not cloud better judgment. Stick to baking cookies Mr. Mom, or move to China with your family; I am sure you will be very happy in a place where people like Donald are not allowed to stand up for what they believe!

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    1. And you’ve just showed your hand with the “Mr. Mom” comment. Just because someone doesn’t agree with you does not mean they are narrow-minded, or wrong. I’ll never understand why conservatives continue to attack the well-educated, who are, overwhelmingly, liberal.

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  29. “It should be pointed out that when Trumpies blather about “illegal immigrants,” they are not concerned about undocumented Russians, Ukrainians, Irish, Canadians or even Chinese. It’s all about brown people.”

    It’s not just the Trumpies, but almost everyone, who forgets the fact that “illegal immigrants” come from all over the world, in a whole rainbow of colors. Trumpie types complain about illegals taking jobs from Americans. For the most part, immigrants, illegal or not, many of whom are brown, are doing the jobs that no other Americans, of any color or race, choose to do.

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    1. Hi Adriana, I think that people are turning that last thing around. Immigrants are doing the jobs Americans are willing to hire them for. Ever seen an Engineer assemble Pumps on an assembly line as a full time job? @ minimum wage! I have, and he wasn’t brown but Greek, ..and spoke good English. Things are a little more complicated than simple racism, but these days of sound bite Journalism leave no room for deeper insights. Greetings.

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    According to blogger Randy Blazak, author of the piece re-blogged below,

    The United States is a nation of immigrants, coming from all directions. Most white Americans have ancestors that only go back to no further than the 1880s, making them “less American” than descendants of African slaves. When my great grandfather, Michael Blazak, came here from Prague in the 1890s, he faced plenty of anti-Catholic hostility. His son converted to Protestantism and married the daughter of a Klansman and the cycle of immigrant hating continued. “They’re taking our country away! Let’s make America great again and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!”

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  32. Reblogged this on It Is What It Is and commented:
    “As an expert on hate, I am more than comfortable stating that either Trump is a virulent racist or that he is willing to perform racism and use racism of others to advance his political position.” …… blogger Randy Blazak, PhD from Emory University.

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  36. You begin this article with bona fides explaining that you are an expert on racism and this article is not “just a liberal opinion.”

    Fair enough, but then we have this:
    “Obviously, Trump is a clown”

    I’m not saying I disagree about Trump’s racism, but I do wonder if academia has taught you to call your subjects clowns, and present that as fact…?

    Are you also an expert on clowns, or is that just a liberal opinion?

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    1. Let me clarify that it is also my opinion that Trump is a clown.

      But I would not present myself as a dispassionate, objective academic who is writing as an expert and not as a matter of “liberal opinion,” then call someone I disagree with a clown, let alone qualify it with “obviously.”

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      1. Yet you probably see a career criminal and documented brazenly repetitive liar, like Hilary Clinton as a serious candidate.

        Trump is a better human, in every way, than Clinton.

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    1. So, your response is that the (PhD holder, professor, peer-reviewed published academic author and researcher) needs to educate himself… Via Google? If so, I suggest you use Google and find a source that isn’t appealing only to conservatives that disagrees with him.

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  40. The article says that most white Americans are descended from people who came to the U.S. after 1880. It’s not clear how statistically accurate this statement is. Ten generations of Europeans had been coming to what is now the USA for over a quarter millennium before 1880 and many of them had large numbers of children. The author evidently has a huge psychological investment in this point, since he cites the pressures that his immigrant ancestor, a Czech Catholic, faced after arriving in 1890. One may infer that the author’s motivation for his research career stems from that experience of his family. In that context, one would like to be sure about the accuracy of his claim that most contemporary white Americans are of families that arrived after 1880. I am inclined to doubt it, but I haven’t researched the subject. I acknowledge that my own ancestry prompts me to question this claim.

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    1. Then, maybe DO research it, before questioning him? It’s accurate, a simple google search shows that. Try “white immigration history.”

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  41. Everyone is just sitting idly by waiting for the next big scandal that Donald Trump comes up with. He’s a master of reality tv that’s how he made a lot of money.

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  42. So much fail here. The statement that you use, “Most white Americans have ancestors that only go back to no further than the 1880s, making them “less American” than descendants of African slaves. “. Source this or it is your opinion. 250+ years of immigration from Europe would disprove this falsehood. The Highland Clearances of Scotland (1690 – 1746) and the Great Hunger of Ireland (1845 – 1852) also led to mass immigration to the colonies of North America and with my dates being sourced are factual. See also more data in fact four below.

    How about we use the correct term of Illegal Immigrants instead of the Politically Correct (see what I did there?) one of undocumented workers. They entered the country illegally. You can’t start out a logical linear discussion by trying to change the fact of the matter, what you try to call them is a misnomer and a straw man. Their first act in trying to get into this country was to break a law.

    Your entire “argument” that, “… Trump is a virulent racist or that he is willing to perform racism and use racism of others to advance his political position.” is an opinion. Jut because you have a PhD (Piled Higher and Deeper) and have peer reviewed (by other left wing Piled Higher and Deeper types from the halls of leftist academia) articles and been an ‘expert’ in your field does not make this article worth the time it took to read is that he didn’t say anything when some ignorant person yelled white power and he didn’t say anything. I have two scenario’s for his lack of response, neither of which is an endorsement. 1. He didn’t hear it, and 2 he ignored it due to him not wanting to be seen as to endorse it.

    Fact: The majority of Illegal Immigrants come from Central and South America. source: http://immigration.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000845

    Fact: 56% of all jobs that are taken by Illegal Immigrants are low income wages. This in turn keeps wages artificially low by by both small and big business with low labor costs. (Farming, Food Prep and Service and Building, maintenance jobs) Source: http://immigration.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000845

    Fact: There is a crime wave that is fueled by Illegal Immigrants. According to the analysis conducted by the Texas Department of Public Safety, foreign aliens committed 611,234 unique crimes in Texas from 2008 to 2014, including thousands of homicides and sexual assaults. Source: http://pjmedia.com/jchristianadams/2015/07/22/alien-crime-wave-in-texas-611234-crimes-2993-murders/

    Fact: Immigration from Europe grew from 4646 in 1630 to 2,148,076 in 1770.

    This opinion piece is poorly researched, starts on an inaccurate assumption and is laced with falsehoods. This piece is almost as full of leftist progressive trash as the Southern Poverty Law Center and their definition of Hate.

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    1. “Fact: 56% of all jobs that are taken by Illegal Immigrants are low income wages. This in turn keeps wages artificially low by by both small and big business with low labor costs. (Farming, Food Prep and Service and Building, maintenance jobs) Source: http://immigration.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000845”

      Aric, these are human being trying to make a living. They didn’t come to America to “take away” jobs. These wages that are too low for “legal” Americans are squarely the fault of the business owners, who, I reckon are good ol’ legal Americans.

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    2. I agree that the mass immigrations of Irish and Germanic peoples occurred earlier, from approximately 1845 to 1860. Ellis Island didn’t open until 1892, but typically most Americans view that all European immigration was “legal”, and that all immigration from the southern border (without an equivalent Ellis Island and perceived immigration examinations) has been “illegal” or disallowed by the U.S. government. Your comment of the “first act” of modern day illegal immigrants entering this country can be countered by the first act of many Europeans leaving their countries: It was an illegal act, often to escape mandatory military conscription of the males (for Prussia, and later for Sweden, where a third of that country came to the United States).

      More Mexicans have legally immigrated here than any other country, throughout our history. That’s not counting those that were already present (the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe were that the Mexicans that remained in those areas taken over by the United States would immediately become U.S. citizens). Actually Randy’s wife is now a legal immigrant as well: She completed a process under U.S. immigration law to become a Legal Permanent Resident.

      I wasn’t able to find the original data source for your links, especially the last. What often happens is the claim is repeated and changed as it transitions the Internet, and the data becomes unverifiable. Thank You for at least understanding that sourcing information is important, preferably from where it is with a minimum of bias. Direct quotes are also good.

      In that regard, Donald Trump made his initial comment about “Mexicans”, not illegal aliens. He has followed that with wanting his “wall” to be paid for by Mexicans. I find the notion of “wall” (considering that there are already barriers for more than half of the border, in the most critical areas) as unneeded: Immigration by Mexican Nationals (both legally and illegally) has been “net zero” (more are returning and being deported) for the last couple of years.

      Trump has also said he plans to triple interior enforcement ICE agents (besides building the military so large that “no one will want to mess with us”). It won’t be Mexicans paying for that. The Border Patrol has grown larger than it has ever been, and the hiring rush has put animal rapists and murderers in uniform. They aren’t following past U.S. Supreme Court guidance on “reasonably placed checkpoints”, and tase a U.S. citizen less than a mile from Canada.

      I also fear for my Mexican wife and stepchildren as the rhetoric from Trump starts to be mimicked by the other Republican candidates. Who knows which other nutbars like the two Boston brothers are out there, I’ve heard groups like CIS, FAIR, and Numbers USA level accusations against even legal immigrants, without recognition that over half have a direct relationship to a U.S. citizen through marriage. Nationalism always takes on a color (most commonly the lack of one) and becomes mired in defining who is a citizen by that trait.

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  43. I agree with the assertion that Trump is playing the “race card”. Is he racist? As one responder has pointed out, I have never known him to carry that label. Capitalist? Sure. Goofball? Certainly. But I just don’t see him as the maniacal racist monster that is portrayed here.

    While his tactics may be questionable, the effect he is having on this nation is not. His bullshit, actually is having a “we’re tired of the bullshit” effect on many people, of all races. You can not argue with the fact that we have a catastrophe at our borders, this situation is far beyond critical. Should the nation be reminded of this mess by talking about rapists and murderers? Probably not, but the nation is talking.

    Should the nation continue to be lead by a government who is bought and paid for? I have watched during my lifetime as Washington has become its own world, with its own rules, its own laws and its own morality. I have lived through a time when citizens were eager to become involved in the government by participation and with their vote. We are now living in a time when many state and local elections draw less than 10% of the vote. People have just given up.

    Trump has ignited something in a lot of people. In you, he ignited the fact that he is an evil racist. To many he has ignited the passion of wanting something fundamentally (and radically) different than the status quo.

    I’m sure I’m not alone in that I’ve always thought Donald Trump was a buffoon. But for some odd reason the absurdity that is “Team Trump” has ignited in me an eagerness to reconnect, to become involved, to care. So I, like many, shrug off the “race card” and crack a big smile when his funkey self graces my various screens.

    I know, you know and Trump knows that he will not become the President of the United States. But for the first time in a very long time, I think that the platform you will see the candidates gravitate towards will be very Trumpesque.

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  44. Hi Randy, I’d like to read your doctoral dissertation, searched Google and couldn’t find it. Could you send me a link please? Cheers! Bobby

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    1. Hi Bobby, I completed it in 1995 before everything I got digitized. I just checked the Emory library. They have a hard copy that you might be able to get through intra-library loan at: http://discovere.emory.edu/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do;jsessionid=7E9E5C5F74C47DC79AE2AFE141E3BEB7?tabs=detailsTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=emory_aleph000853673&indx=2&recIds=emory_aleph000853673&recIdxs=1&elementId=1&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=&dscnt=0&libsearch=woodruff&vl(331818291UI0)=any&query=any%2Ccontains%2CBlazak&scp.scps=scope%3A%28overdrivem%29%2Cscope%3A%28marc_dda%29%2Cscope%3A%28dc_ope%29%2Cscope%3A%28GTechBiotechoai%29%2Cscope%3A%28STOR%29%2Cscope%3A%28BUS%29%2Cscope%3A%28EMOL%29%2Cscope%3A%28MID%29%2Cscope%3A%28EUH%29%2Cscope%3A%28OXFD%29%2Cscope%3A%28CHEM%29%2Cscope%3A%28MUSME%29%2Cscope%3A%28HLTH%29%2Cscope%3A%28LAW%29%2Cscope%3A%28UNIV%29%2Cscope%3A%28CIVILWAR%29%2Cscope%3A%28emory_sfx%29%2Cscope%3A%28ETD%29%2Cscope%3A%28DC-SOWOMENHIST%29%2Cscope%3A%28dc_schanges%29%2Cscope%3A%28emory_aleph%29%2Cscope%3A%28dc_sspaces%29%2Cscope%3A%28dc_ewwrp%29%2Cscope%3A%28EMU%29%2Cscope%3A%28MARBL%29%2Cscope%3A%28EMORY-LSDI-MARCXML%29%2Cscope%3A%28THEO%29%2Cscope%3A%28EMORY%29%2Cscope%3A%28dc_iln%29%2Cscope%3A%28repo%29%2Cscope%3A%28dc_carlos_museum%29&dstmp=1442182419470&vl(freeText0)=Blazak&vid=discovere&institution=EMORY

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      1. There’s something wrong with you white people that believe the lies you spread. BLACK PEOPLE ARE NOT AS GULLIBLE AS YOU SEEM TO BELIEVE. NOR ARE THEY CHILDLIKE AND AWAITING A GUIDING HAND. SHUT UP, YOU ASS!

        Even the intelligent ones have traces of racism: “There are many ways to be racist. Especially if you tell black people that brown people will steal your job.”

        Black people? Why not white people? Black people don’t work those jobs and haven’t for god knows how long — decades. Black people don’t feel threatened by brown people. Stop spreading the lie and you stop believing it.

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  45. Thank you for telling us what we would like to say can’t into words like the expert way you did. Trump is a very Evil, Racist man. He’s very dangerous. The sad thing about him getting people stirred up that are also racist, many more immigrants are going to die. There’s no stopping his crazy & shocking statements.

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  46. When Tony Abbott became PM in Australia the racists became bold. They were always there but when they had a spokesperson they really started to become openly abusive to non-white Australians like my wife and kids. We left and came to America (where I happen to be a citizen) moving to a neighbourhood of, mostly, fellow immigrants. We are not afraid of our Asian, Black, and Hispanic neighbours; we are afraid of angry white people, the Police and your political system (Gerrymandering in particular). Please don’t go back to Retro-British like Australia. You had a whole bloody revolution about that and inspired the rest of the world. Lead the world in multiculturalism like you started. That’s what made America GREAT!

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