America’s ongoing struggle: white supremacy vs. everybody
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America, once again, sent the White supremacist “Christian” nationalist back to the White House.
We shouldn’t be surprised. He embodies the ideals upon which this country was founded—ideals that were always meant to benefit a select few.
Our nation’s founders, all white, land-owning men, never envisioned democracy for anyone beyond themselves and their wives. White women, when they weren’t merely vessels for reproduction, existed to cater to their husbands. And enslaved Black people were viewed not as humans but as livestock.
This foundation began to shift after the Civil War when the nation found itself at a crossroads: change or perish.
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