Calmes: Republican racism has finally weaponized Kamala Harris (via latimesopinion )
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants us to know how slaves learned their trades in bondage, but he gets everything dead wrong.on the “personal benefit” of enslavement for Black “folks”: “I think that they’re probably going to show some of the folks that eventually parlayed, you know, being a blacksmith into doing things later in life.”
Of course, DeSantis isn’t alone in trafficking in such perilous ignorance, as he appeals to voters in a party that’s become increasingly open to racism, nationalism and homophobia. Other Republican “leaders” are complicit by their silence, just as they have been for years by declining to unite in condemning Donald Trump for his obscenities.
That is Harris’ point. She didn’t even name DeSantis, not that she had to, when she rushed to Jacksonville, Fla., Friday to attack not only the architects of the state’s revised academic standards, but also others “who want to be talked about as American leaders.”“Let’s be clear — I do believe this is not only about the state of Florida. There is a national agenda afoot,” sheto a diverse audience.
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