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In reply to the discussion: What too many Americans will never admit [View all]murielm99
(30,736 posts)Much of our history is rooted in racism. It was written into the Constitution, where slaves were 3/5 of a person. The Electoral College was a racist compromise. We speak of institutional racism, which gives some people an excuse to shrug and ignore it as something they cannot change.
In Europe, where the Catholic Church was so powerful for so many years, anti-Semitism was a huge part of history. While I have never cared for the Hitler comparisons when it comes to trump, maybe I have been wrong. He played on racism and used it to win over many people who would never admit to racism. He is trying to kill as many blue state voters as possible. Hitler did the same thing with the Jews to seize power in a country broken by WWI and yes, a pandemic.
We still have time to fix this and move on. Will we?