BLACK LIVES MATTER (NOT IN THE WAY TRUMP THOUGHT)
Trump, in the end, packed his bags and left the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue, a presidential stronghold he thought he was entitled to, despite his false proclamations about running an honest race and ending it on a similar note. Eviction from the Oval bruised his "executive privilege" and gave him fuel to his nationalist agenda to strike out at minorities in America.
The impact of four years of bigotry, cold-blooded cruelty, and callous disregard for anyone who did not have money or oil (malicious morons and political pawns exempted) ignited the worst racial clashes in America's modern history. When asked about the epidemic of police violence against Black Americans, former Department of Justice Attorney General William Barr acknowledged that while the police might treat Black people as "stereotypes," it is not racism. He used his authority to run DOJ departments with psychological brutality. No big revelation or surprise from the civil rights organizations, which recognized him as the driving force behind Trump's true inner self. William Barr, who now seeks redemption where none should be given, has become critical of his old boss. During his tenure, Barr's words and deeds were unconstrained & there was very danger little danger of restraining his unshackled mind.
Nations that do not know how to nurture liberty's roots must settle for the broken branches. Unfortunately, we appear to be a society of terrible gardeners.
Stigma, inequalities, and injustices remain rampant in our society, where skin color plays a large part in how people are viewed, a perspective urged on by "All the President's Proud Boys"–Rudy Giuliani, Kevin McCarthy, John Eastman, and Mark Meadows– the group of conspirators who gave meaning to the notion, "fragile democracy."
By the time the presidential election came around, Number 42's circus act had become tenuous and so twisted that one would think the ancestry of a peaceful world would not be extracted from the roots of cannibalism until a century later.
Four long years of fascist rhetoric, far-right assault on the republic and repeated episodes of political chaos remained part of a "strong suit" but not impenetrable, leaving Trump hugging "his" pillow out of glee before he realized he couldn't steal an election, although he tried. As a "resident" of the United States, Donald Trump's words have ignited more hate crimes in America than any of his hooded predecessors; he was the accelerant, but innocent people got burned, including election workers, Capitol police officers, and Congressional Democrats. It is hard to imagine a candidate who never won the popular vote in a crooked career was allowed to perch himself over a nation. He ended his historically unpopular charade of a presidency with the lowest approval rating ever. But once he got into the White House, what was disheartening, yet seems unmistakable, is the sad fact that this nation, for all practice and intent, turned its back upon the moral implications of a progressive society. The civil rights decision that sought to give people of political color parity became more of an unsettled debt, a not-so-simple matter for a human being to admit. Apartheid education and economics are rarely mentioned in Congress. Seldom inferior instruction openly confronted by President Biden, yet it is still rapidly increasing in the United States — along with the vulgar, tricky, and offensive comments of "leaders" who control and direct the education of thousands of American children. A culture of violence originating from an apartheid past is not only historically relevant to South Africa. It is part of America's past and present, too. Educational opportunities and health outcomes continue to lag behind those of white communities.
Trump is a man who reflects the imperfection of human justice, the inadequacy of human compassion, and a lack of sensibility towards the suffering of his fellow human beings. It is evidenced by the truth that Trump enjoyed kidnapping Latino children from their parent's arms.
His vetting policies placed migrant children into the hands of human traffickers or kept them inside "cells." As a result, almost two hundred children have still not been reunited with their parents. In addition, the administration purposely destroyed vital information, and there are no guarantees that all the children will ever see their parents again.
One day, most of these children will look back on the time they lost to trauma and know precisely who the cause was. Power of judgment and a sense of dignity will follow the events in the lives of these victims; they will make no mistake about where to place the blame. They will not be among those who give weight to his lies. The brave persuasiveness of these once helpless kids in American custody will give the lie to the myth that they had been placed in competent hands. In a decade, some will be adults demanding why Trump was not tried for crimes against humanity.
While racial injustice flooded the streets with the blood of George Floyd and Ahmaud Aubrey, Trump sought to create a perfect storm by creating color-coded Antifa, where no such group existed. In some cities, "reorganization" meant moving Black and brown people from the jails to the prisons of America. In this dual society, places of incarceration were the only preferential entitlements that seemed to be unquestioned. The former "leader of the free world" did everything he could to ensure black lives did not matter. But they do, and three of them will do their legal duty and put him in a place where he won't need Secret Service; it is a place that already has a police detail.
Khalilah Sabra, Executive Director of MAS Immigrant Justice Center // www.masijc.org
