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Older Black Folks’ Trump Hatred Runs Deep
If this was a sport, our parents would be LeBron James
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Oct 16, 2020
Imagine surviving Jim Crow and having to deal with White supremacy’s court jester in this stage of life. Knowing that your children and grandchildren not only have to contend with so many of the same problems you endured decades ago, but perhaps even worse realities should he be reelected. It must be so tiring to have to watch history repeat itself so often.
I’m not naive about America. I don’t think Donald Trump’s defeat alone will make my life remarkably better overnight. However, as tired as I am of racism and misogyny at its crudest and dumbest, I know that some of us have been tired for a lot longer. I hope it’s not only them voting at the levels necessary to remove Trump from power.
