Two years ago I wrote and published a book titled Jim Crow of the Mind and the New State Laws Designed to Preserve the Idea of White Male Supremacy. I warned that more states may join the fifteen states that the book addresses.
Today, the laws of those fifteen states have become the national policy of the Trump administration. The national attacks on programs labeled "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI) are only a part of the Trump administrations' Jim Crow policies focused on education. These policies are designed to suppress any views that challenge the idea of white male supremacy. It should now be apparent that Donald Trump is a white male supremacist. (The few white women he has appointed were also intended to be submissive white male supremacists.)
In Chapter 20 of my book, titled "The Danger: What Lies Ahead?" I wrote:
Are these state laws a prelude to increased racism and sexism throughout the country? Are they the beginning of something much worse?
It is clear now that the answer to both questions is a terrible Yes.
I also wrote in that chapter:
These laws are not just about several states but about the fabric of the nation as a whole. These state laws further rip the national fabric, and either we sew it up now or it will rip even more until the nation is completely torn apart, far more so than today.
It's taken only two years from those words to come to the shredded nation we have today. We have a lot of sewing to do, and let us hope that it is not too late.
To better understand what is happening to us and the nation, I invite you to read my book and my previous posts going back many years. I also invite you to visit my website to see what else I have written on the subject of democracy, racism, and sexism: johnlhodge.com.
