Donald Trump is surprisingly still in the race to become President of the United States of America. To many, his initial announcement may have sounded like a joke, and his campaign can definitely be considered a joke, but it sure as heck isn’t funny anymore.
Racism Technology Courtesy of Donald Trump
Donald Trump has used this year to build a kind of cult of personality, where becoming a political clown has put him in the same breath as arguably better leaders like Barack Obama, Angela Merkel and Ronald Reagan.
Even the GOP itself has denounced Trump, though they’ve historically been considered to be the party that represents intolerance. After the candidate claimed that he wanted to implement a ban on all Muslims from entering the country until more information comes out on the status of ISIS and terrorism in the US, people are starting to turn their back on Trump.
It’s About Time the Prejudice Against Muslims and Mexicans End
The GOP has been quick to declare Donald Trump’s thinking unrelated to the Republican agenda, though it’s been clear from the start that Trump has only ever had his own agenda. The truth is, what Donald Trump is doing is using Republican fear to instill even more panic among the American population, especially the Caucasian community.
Historically, this is not new to the Republican Party. Ronald Regan was also interpreted to have used racism to get more votes, referring to African Americans like they were lazy and prone to crime. President George H. W. Bush did the same, using Caucasian fear of black crime to gain more popularity. Though the argument is sound to some, it’s never been effective, and it doesn’t not showcase the true reality of the world we live in.
Racial Bias Against Names Like ISIS and El Chapo Have Proven to Be Effective
Analysis on the nature of Republican politics can be connected to dog-whistling, using words that resonate within the most popular demographic in their voters against them. This is regardless of the fact that one of the Republican candidates running alongside Trump is Hispanic, and the other is African-American.
This isn’t tip-toeing around certain terms to be politically correct. Trump’s thinking is outright dangerous, closely reminiscent to the kind of political environment that surrounded Germany in 1933. White resentment against minorities has always been a great source for hate and intolerance, and the Republican party has always been good at using it to their own advantage.
By using terms like ISIS or El Chapo, people become afraid. ISIS is a cause for fear all over the world, as they pose a threat to peace as we know it. For the Republican party though, ISIS and Islam mean the same thing. This is quite far from the truth, but it’s not the only term that flies around with that kind of association. Discrimination of Mexicans go without saying, throwing around names like El Chapo and other similarly structured names to make it sound as if Mexican is equaled with drug lord, drug dealer or lazy bum.
Why isn’t The Republican Party Defending Trump?
The reason why the GOP isn’t jumping on Trump’s back now is really because it’s 2015. If this had happened ten years ago, things would be very different. However, because this year has been tremendously overloaded with mass shootings that are connected to all sorts of things, with police brutality, the public no longer trusts just anything people say.
People are becoming more informed, and there’s little chance that they can be fooled easily. More and more people are fact-checking, and as the youth is inspired to have a more active participation politically, the Republican party is no longer too keen on letting their representatives say just anything. And if even they are turning their back on Trump, it’s probably about time he leaves (or is kicked out) of the presidential race.
