"Russia didn't need to create fantastical narratives. It simply had to pay attention to black Americans' frustrations with a nation and a party that isn't responsive to its political demands. Further, it knew amplifying messages around Black Lives Matter and black activism would also incite low-education white Americans who formed a core segment of Trump supporters. Polls show that nearly 2 in 3 white Americans viewed the Black Lives Matter movement unfavorably and white racial resentment was key to Trump's election victory."
Theodore R. Johnson at Slate connects Russia's meddling in the 2016 election to propaganda practices of the Soviet Union.
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