Shithole Racism

Shithole. Trump's racist word of the day is shithole.

“Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” Trump said of Haiti, and many African nations, according sources speaking to the Washington Post.

The racism is not simply about Trump calling places shitholes. Substituting the names of places in place of shithole actually makes the racism more visible.

We could spot the problem immediately if Trump instead said; Why are we letting people from Haiti, and Africa into the United States?

The offense is Trump saying regions where the the residents are primarily black or Hispanic are substandard to be American.

That is at best racist.

The fact that Trump said yet one more racist thing or appropriated a non-racist word to a racist meaning is no shocker. The fact that so many people still defend him as not racist is what shocks.

Trump has targeted people of color from Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and the United States. He defended the character of public, outspoken, white supremacists.

It is no longer acceptable to pretend to not notice his racism. We now are to the point that saying you don't see the racism is at best a choice to make yourself comfortable with the choice of voting for him and at worst a strategy to further the agenda of white supremacy. 

If you are choosing to comfort yourself - stop. The right to be comfortable with racism is one of the most corrupting forms of white privilege. America needs you to get uncomfortable and have to live with the emotional repercussion consequences of your choices.

Trump is Inspiring a Cult of Personality Election

Republicans are running for Senate to support Trump and his ideas.

They are not running to further their own goal, or to further their own ideology, or their party's platform, they are running to support a leader.

Joe Arpaio, an Arizona sheriff pardoned of his conviction for criminal contempt of court after he refused to stop race-based policing by President Trump, is running for Senate in Arizona.

He stated a reason for his run as to, "support the agenda and policies of President Donald Trump".

 Even when candidates are running with policy ideas, they are giving credit and those policy ideas to Trump.

Danny Tarkanian is running in the primary elections for Senate in Nevada. He said of his run, "I am a conservative Republican who supports the policies of President Trump to repeal Obamacare and end illegal immigration. I will continue to support President Trump's policies that have led to a 20 percent increase in the stock market in just six months."

Essentially, the veracity of ideas are validated because they come from the leader. This is voting to support a leader, not citizens, or ideas. It is nothing less than cult of personality elections.