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Baitball Blogger

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Tue Jul 30, 2019, 12:11 PM Jul 2019

Is Trump the Great White Hope?

I don't know if the young will recognize the reference point. It was a name that referred to a hopeful white boxer that would unseat Jack Johnson who was a black boxer in the 1910 era who was beating every white contender in the boxing ring. The white folk didn't seem to like his success, so they prayed for a great white hope that would finally unseat him. They didn't succeed in the ring.

So we have Trump, a true entertainer, dancing in the ring, acting like the man who is the protector of white dominance, knocking out any true chance for change that will offer diverse equality. I see him as their Great White Hope.

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Is Trump the Great White Hope? (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Jul 2019 OP
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