Larry Wilmore's TV show developed a few thoughts on Trump last night. They answered the question some people ask: Is Trump only pretending to be a racist?
Come on. No one pretends to be racist. (Trump might think he is pretending, of course.)
Is Trump one of the great American racists like Robert E. Lee? Wilmore pointed out (in my language, not his) that thoughtful American racists approached racism intellectually, vending deep philosophical nonsense about the Bible and pseudo-science about inferiors, etc. Trump just blurts out racist insults like a ten-year-old. His racism is--Wilmore said it--thoughtless.
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