Dear White People: Donald Drumpf Is Happening Because You’re Scared Of Black People, So Don’t Be!
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Both Donald Trump and Trump supporters seem to be perplexed that a campaign full of unambiguous antagonism towards people who don’t happen to be White has created the type of climate where what happened in Chicago last weekend happens. Which is like someone who happens to be lactose intolerant drinking an Oreo shake and then complaining all night about a stomachache. (Which is exactly what I did on Friday. Because my willpower vacillates from “six-year-old” to “crackhead.”)
Of course, the message from Trump and his followers is that President Obama is to blame for this atmosphere. Which is true, I guess, the same way it’s true that the guy who invented rap is responsible for Tyga....
Ultimately, both Trump’s campaign and what happened in Chicago are the results of Angry While White; the anger coming from the idea that Obama’s ascension made your American Whiteness less valuable. Which, in turn, stems from a fear of Blackness. Of Black people. Of Black spaces. Of Black coffee. Of Lance Stephenson. The Blacker America becomes — and no, it doesn’t seem to matter if this spread of Blackness is real or perceived — the scarier it gets. And this fear is very real.
It’s very likely that at least part of this fear is due, at least subconsciously, to guilt. The idea that, once the hierarchy is completely inverted, we (Black people) will treat you the same way you’ve treated us. And not post-racial racism treatment either, but some first week of Roots type shit. Of course, that wouldn’t happen. Having White slaves seems too time-consuming, and we (Black people) generally aren’t big fans of the bookkeeping necessary to keep Jim Crow logistically viable. (Also, related, Trump is an example of what artificial sunlight can do to White skin. And we just don’t want to chance what would happen if we exposed you to prolonged Southern sun. That would be cruel and unusual.)