A new op-ed represents the state of the art in Trumpian racial apologetics. jonathanchait writes
Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images Conservatives are permitted to concede some flaws here and there in Donald Trump’s job performance without risking their good standing in the movement: His social media habits are the safest target, along with his trade policies and indulgence of domestic spending. The more daring critiques might acknowledge his crass behavior and less-than-perfect impulse control. But acknowledging Trump’s racism is almost verboten.
Mac Donald’s premise is that racism is defined by overt reference to racial identity. She provides several examples of reporters and Democrats committing such offenses. A Washington Post news story noted that a recent debate consisted of “10 white Democratic candidates”; various reports have described Trump’s rally audiences as “overwhelmingly white”; Kirsten Gillibrand said “whiteness is what protects” white people from mistreatment by police, and so on.
By limiting the categories for racial incitement to “speeches and tweets,” Mac Donald allows herself to ignore vast swaths of Trump’s career, which began with systematically excluding African-Americans from his father’s housing complexes. The discrimination was overt: The Department of Justice conducted A/B tests in which black applicants would be told there were no vacancies, and then white applicants offered rooms for rent.
And yet, amazingly, even after Mac Donald has set the bar at ground level, Trump has repeatedly tripped over it. As a candidate, Trump has claimed a Mexican-American judge is unfit to do his job on the basis of his identity . He called for a ban on Muslim immigration. He called for the deportation of nonwhite Democrats in Congress and led a “send her back” chant.
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