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We Are the Future Our Ancestors Fought For
Since Tuesday, I have read countless posts from Facebook friends sharing some of the racist experiences they have endured since Donald Trump was elected president. Many of them express hurt and pure shock at being called the n-word, being told to go back to Africa or Mexico, or being taunted and targeted for how they…
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Trump Won't Take Salary as President; Says Wants Supporters to Stop Harassing Minorities
A kinder, softer, gentler Donald Trump made his first television appearance since becoming president-elect. Appearing on 60 Minutes, Trump told host Lesley Stahl that he didn’t plan to take a salary while he was in office, that he doesn’t want the nation to be ripped apart and that he wants his voters to stop harassing…
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And So It Begins: Herschel Walker’s Out Here Begging Trump for a Job
Herschel Walker isn’t waiting for his longtime friend Donald Trump to get sworn in before he gets started on his pitch for a job. According to TMZ Sports, Walker wants to be appointed head of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition. “I hope he would at least consider me,” Walker told TMZ. Dominique…
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Soundtrack for Survival: 10 Songs to Help You Through a Trump Presidency
I was in the fourth grade when my white best friend told me a racist joke. “Why are black people so dark?” he asked a group of us at lunch, with a mischievous grin. I looked at him dumbfounded. I put down my milk box, wiped what had dribbled down from the corners of my…
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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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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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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…
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ISIS Thrilled Over Donald Trump Victory, Hopes His Reckless Actions Lead to Civil War: Report
Islamic extremists reportedly rejoiced after learning of Donald Trump’s stunning presidential victory and are hoping that the president-elect’s “reckless actions” will “lead to a civil war,” USA Today reports. “Rejoice with support from Allah, and find glad tidings in the imminent demise of America at the hands of Trump,” the al-Minbar Jihadi Media network, which…
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We Owe Donald Trump as Much Respect as He Gave Us During His Run for President
In a concession speech that was exceptionally gracious, given the behavior of her political opponent throughout this abysmal and subsequently catastrophic election season, Hillary Clinton declared, “Donald Trump is going to be our president. We owe him an open mind and the chance to lead.” Clinton is a consummate professional, and though she deserved a…