Obama, Not Trump, Ripped Racism Bandage Off America

America couldn’t handle a Black president

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I was commenting the other day to a group of friends that the worst thing Trump did was give renewed voice to the most rabid racists in America.

Before Trump, I argued, vocal racists were out there, but they didn’t feel safe spewing their hatred in public, in political speeches and…