{"id":4219,"date":"2018-02-05T04:36:27","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T04:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/?p=4219"},"modified":"2018-02-06T03:51:43","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T03:51:43","slug":"trumps-obliterating-black-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/trumps-obliterating-black-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"How Trump\u2019s Obliterating Black Legacy And History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s Black History Month in America. And as Black People fight for Black History to be recognised, Trump is trying to obliterate a Black legacy. Barack Obama. The Obama\u2019s are a thorn in the side of Trump and all those with a reductionist view of Black people. A view based upon invented stereotypes of angry ugly women and villainous hyper-sexed men. So, Trump\u2019s raison d’etre is to remove the black legacy that is Obama and with it the notion of Black respectability. Trump has reversed Obama policies more frequently than he has created his own. And he has taken credit for the success that is Obama’s due. Since his appearance at the World Economic Forum<\/a> (WEF) and the State of the Union<\/a> (STU) address, there is a danger he is seen as respectable. That is despite being a dishonest self-confessed sexual predator. It\u2019s the ultimate in white privilege.<\/p>\n

Barack Obama<\/span><\/h2>\n

Independent evidence supports the view that Obama is one of if not America\u2019s greatest president. It is based on the country\u2019s social<\/a> and economic<\/a> growth. And on Obama being a President for eight years without, a whiff of scandal.<\/p>\n

The Christian Right that supports Trump would have been clamouring for Obama’s removal if he referred to women like Trump does. But Trump is a white man. So, Trump is able to be mendacious, sexually criminal, and be elected President with 17 sexual assault charges against him.<\/p>\n

Barack and Michelle Obama were a beacon of hope. And they are evidence that the much maligned, African American, possesses the intelligence and ability of any white person. That is a white supremacist\u2019s nightmare.<\/p>\n

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Undoing Black Legacy<\/span><\/h2>\n

And so, Trump has spent his first-year undoing Obama\u2019s legacy. He has reversed the policy for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals<\/a>, transgender people serving in the military, the Paris climate accords, and the Iran nuclear deal. He has worked hard and claimed<\/em><\/strong> to repeal Obama Care, but failed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trump is on a winning streak because his alternative facts are the news. But alternative facts are lies. Trump started his Presidency with inaugural fiction<\/a>. It was an omen for what was to come.<\/p>\n

Black Legacy Fake News<\/span><\/h2>\n

At WEF, during the STU and of course on Twitter, Trump has bragged African-American unemployment is at an all-time low (6.8%). However, two important details are being ignored. The figure still reflects African -American unemployment at twice the rate of white people. And when Obama was in office in 2010 a notable and consistent downward trend<\/a> began. Obama introduced a stimulus package which stimulated growth and jobs and ended what would have been a great recession.<\/p>\n

However, Trump says he has \u2018Created 2.4 million new jobs, including 200,000 new jobs in manufacturing alone.\u2019 And while the media enthusiastically applaud, the \u2018victory\u2019 is questionable. Trump’s job creation is somewhat less than that achieved under Obama. It\u2019s 169,000 jobs a month\u00a0to Obama\u2019s 185,000 jobs per month.<\/p>\n

And Trump also claims, falsely, that \u2018After years of wage stagnation, [Americans] are finally seeing rising wages.\u2019 However, incomes were rising under Obama’s. But now Wages are rising at a slower rate than under Obama<\/a>\u2019s second term.<\/p>\n

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Trump Unchecked<\/span><\/h2>\n

The right-wing press is overlooking important details and crouching Trump\u2019s behaviour in respectable language. There is no mention of Trump of saying that countries that opposed his Jerusalem decision are \u2018enemies<\/a> of America\u2019. And that would include Britain. Piers Morgan\u2019s interview with Trump portrays him as an intelligent and sober man. But Trump never apologised for re-tweeting lies from the British Far Right<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Even the Guardian headline said that Trump Woos Business<\/a> at WEF. But the audience booed Trump and that should have been a headline.<\/p>\n

Trump is a dangerous self-serving would be dictator. He is a divisive predator on a mission to return race relations to 1950\u2019s America. So, we must be careful not to let him. And that means questioning our news sources and journalists. Otherwise, he will obliterate Obama’s legacy and with it Black History.<\/p>\n

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