"What Is Happening in White America?"

"The dehumanization white supremacists perpetrate on others has to be comparable to the dehumanization they feel themselves. No one who feels good about themselves talks as much as Donald Trump does about how he is a 'winner' and other people are 'losers.' No one who feels strong, or virile, or in control of themselves feels the need to murder others who are grieving. No one who is confident of their humanity would deny acceptance to a 5-year-old orphan refugee.

"I can't claim to have answers about how we get more white Americans to treat others as human beings. I do believe that all Americans would be better off if we moved beyond white supremacy and empire; they are myths that rob us all of our humanity, and keep us from uniting against the plutocrats that are stealing our future."

 

Max Berger at Medium looks at an America based on "policies sold by rich people to middle and working class white people as ways to hurt black people."