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General News    H4'ed 9/24/17

The Racial Demagoguery of Trump's Assaults on Colin Kaepernick and Steph Curry

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President Trump’s assault on athletes, particularly prominent black ones, is is part of his larger culture war, David Remnick writes.

In these performances, Trump is making clear his moral priorities. He is infinitely more offended by the sight of a black ballplayer quietly, peacefully protesting racism in the United States than he is by racism itself. Which, at this point, should come as no surprise to any but the willfully obtuse.

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