'White Prosperity Above Everything Else': NPR's Michele Norris Shreds 'Make America Great Again'
Norris argued that Trump's "Make American Great Again" slogan misses the mark for addressing current reality in the United States.
"In the phrase 'Make America Great Again' there's one word that if you are a person of color, that you sort of stumble over, and it's the word 'again'." Norris observed. "Because you're talking about going back to a time that was not very comfortable for people of color. They did not have opportunities, they were relegated to the back of the line."
"And this was a country that -- to be honest -- was built on the promise of white prosperity above everything else," she added. "And for a lot of people, when they hear that message, 'Make America Great Again,' deeply encoded in that message is a return to a time where white Americans can assume a certain amount of prosperity."
According to Norris, Trump's win was made possible by white people who feel like they are "not at the front of the line."
"And Donald Trump was able to tap into a message where people felt a lot of discomfort," she noted. "That is somewhat retrograde. I mean, fear is not our brand in America. And that is so much sort of the bright vein that ran though the campaign."
http://crooksandliars.com/2017/01/white-prosperity-above-everything-else
