Donald Trump
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Omarosa Manigault, 4 Other Blacks Who Love Trump and the Jobs They'll Hold When He's President
They all look like oracles now, cinnamon-colored soothsayers, thick-haired prophets, those lone black folks who stood early and alone for the orange man with the wistful comb-over and the penchant for vile, racist comments. He’s our president now, whether we like it or not, and like obedient slaves before them, those black folks are surely…
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Safety Pins Identify Allies Standing in Solidarity With Marginalized Groups
People who want to show that they stand in solidarity with the marginalized groups of people who now live in fear of an uncertain future for them and their loved ones in the wake of Tuesday’s election have a special and simple way of doing so. In the days since Donald Trump was declared the…
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Black Professors Speak Out After Trump Victory About the Routine Racism of Academia
Editor’s note: Once a month, this column will tackle broader questions about what the country should do to increase educational opportunities for black youths. “You don’t pray for an easy road; you pray for a strong back.” This is how one professor responded to the question, “What has it been like to be a black…
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Unique Views Podcast, Episode 18: Not My President
On Tuesday the world as we knew it changed. The orange-tanned man, with the viciously thin comb-over, became the president-elect. On Wednesday it rained, proving that even God wasn’t cool with this. Are we in for it? Of course we are. During his candidacy, Donald Trump offended everyone who wasn’t a white male, and somehow…
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Staff Member to DNC Chair Donna Brazile: 'You Are Part of the Problem'
In the wake of Hillary Clinton’s stunning loss to Donald Trump, Democratic Party officials held a closed-door meeting Thursday that didn’t go as planned. According to the Huffington Post, Donna Brazile, the interim leader of the Democratic National Committee, was giving an encouraging speech to some 150 employees when a staffer identified only as “Zach”…
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Trump Effect: Some NBA Players Think Champs Won't Want to Visit the White House
On Thursday, President Barack Obama welcomed 2016 NBA champions the Cleveland Cavaliers to the White House. While the team and the president reportedly avoided politics, a few folks said they believe that the Cavs may be the last team to visit the White House as long as President-elect Donald Trump is in office. According to…
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Video Shows Group Beating Man as Bystanders Yell, 'You Voted Trump'
A man was beaten up in Chicago’s West Side by a group of men and women yelling, “Don’t vote Trump” and “You voted Trump,” as seen in a video that has since gone viral, the Chicago Tribune notes. David Wilcox, 49, said the altercation started when he was trying to make a left turn from…
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After a Trump Victory, Black People Will Need Much More Than ‘We’ve Been Through Worse’ Language
As a 30-year-old black queer man working in majority-white spaces, I am no stranger to indescribable trauma requiring emotional check-ins: sexual assault, homophobia, racism, incessant microaggressions and other forms of institutional violence. To help cope, I frequently told myself, “Black people have been through worse; you will get through it.” It was a temporary help…
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For Black People Who Have to Work With White People in the Age of Trump
Listen, I know this has been a tough few days. The morning after election night, you probably went to work shocked, stunned and disappointed in America, like when George Zimmerman was acquitted for killing Trayvon Martin, or the first time you heard of the Luther Burger. Such is life for black people in America. It’s…