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James Baldwin can teach us a great deal about Donald Trump's racism towards .@KingJames .@teamlebron and .@donlemon and other black Americans. My new essay .@salon

salon.com/2018/08/10/bey…
For example, jealousy and envy of black Americans is at the heart of white racism and white supremacy. This is one of the ways that the emptiness at the heart of Whiteness is filled. .@KingJames and .@donlemon and .@barackobama are better people than Donald Trump could ever be.
James Baldwin explained this in The Fire Next Time. This envy and jealousy also helps to explain Donald Trump's unholy and bizarre obsession with President Barack Obama.
Ultimately, racism is a sickness that Donald Trump and his supporters and too many others in White America do not want to be cured of. Trump's vile racism against black and brown people will only get worse because it is part of his and the Republican Party's core identity.
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