(Cartoon image is by Matt Davies in Newsday.)When Barack Obama was elected president, some people foolishly thought the United States was entering a "post-racial" period, and our worst racial problems were behind us. It was not true. The election of the first Black president brought racists back out from under their rocks, and displayed for all to see that racism is still a problem in this country.
But the racism displayed while Obama was president pales in comparison to the current level under Donald Trump. The racists and white supremacists watched Trump's obvious display of racism during his campaign, and have been gratified by it since he was sworn in. They celebrated his calling them "nice people". Now they have been emboldened, and are committing vicious acts of racism across the country -- assured that they are just doing what Trump wants them to do.
It is time for decent Americans to take a public stand against this racist activity, which continues to grow with each day Trump is in office.
Frank Vyan Walton at Daily Kos has given us a list of some of the most egregious racist actions since Trump became president -- actions Trump has not spoken or tweeted against.
This is certainly not a comprehensive list:
- Bi-racial Ohio couple woke up to a lynched toy monkey, racist ‘get out’ comments spray painted on their house.
- Racist vandals drive black family from home — but mayor ‘more concerned’ with getting paint off that ‘pretty building’ A black family has moved out of their Tennessee home after enduring months of racist abuse — but the town’s mayor doesn’t think it’s a big deal.
- Virginia high school student refuses to change his Confederate-themed art project after teacher calls it racist.
- Florida high school says their hands are tied after a student’s racist gun video goes viral: ‘These things happen’.
- St. Louis store clerk used racist excuse to refuse to sell money order to a black couple.
- White supremacist murder suspect wants his racist internet history blocked from his hate crime trial An alleged white supremacist who killed a black student is seeking to have his racist internet history removed from evidence because his attorneys consider it “irrelevant” to the case.
- Racist hotel clerk calls black man a ‘f*cking monkey’ after he asks for a refund. A hotel clerk at Country Inn & Suites in Newport News, Virginia yelled racial slurs at a customer, according to 13 News Now.
- An 80-year-old LA man arrested for screaming racist attack on black student in school parking lot dispute. An 80-year-old man has been arrested after he went on a racist tirade aimed at a black college student and then physically assaulted her on Tuesday, reports KTLA.
- North Carolina sheriff in damage control mode after racist Facebook remark goes viral on Election Day.
- Washington mother refuses to send her black autistic son back to school after a ‘heartbreaking’ racist attack. A Washington mom is refusing to send her son back to Sedro-Woolley’s Cascade Middle School after a student stabbed him in the arm and called him the N-word, according to KGW 8 News.
- Black NHL prospect given police escort after racist threats from opposing fans. A 20-year-old black hockey player in the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings’ system had to be provided with a police escort and a security guard after receiving racist threats from opposing fans.
- Sacramento veteran promises to seek mental health treatment after racist outburst goes viral. A Marine Corps veteran was caught on camera this week going off on a crazed rant against an elderly immigrant man who happened to be wearing a camouflage shirt.
- White commuter calls a black passenger a ‘f*cking monkey’ in racist NYC train rant. During a verbal altercation on New York’s Long Island Railroad, a white passenger told a black woman she’s a “f*cking monkey” — all while someone caught his racist rant on video.
- Oklahoma teen demands answers after her brother is called a ‘n**ger for auction’ in racist Snapchat post. Ashley Dawn Warner’s brother was in a school skit dressed in a black and white striped prison uniform. The skit was all in good fun, until someone took a photo and turned it into a racist meme.
- White Florida teen finds an incredibly racist way to ask his girlfriend to prom. A Riverview High school student in Florida is under investigation after posting a racist prom proposal, according to the Herald Tribune. The photo was created by 18-year-old Noah Crowley, who posted the photo to Snapchat.
- Confederate flag fight leads to racist fliers targeting Mississippi NAACP official.
- California frat bro wears blackface for ‘gangster’ event — but chapter denies costume was racist.
- Racist callers flood C-SPAN for MLK 50th anniversary: ‘James Earl Ray had a dream and it came true’.
- Axe-wielding man used racist slurs before killing Hispanic man in San Francisco attack.
- Michigan State refuses to expel shockingly racist student who keeps taunting black classmates.
- ‘Motherf*cking curry muncher’: Watch two white women unleash vile racist rant at Filipina during train ride.
- You’re a racist!’ Pro-gun teen freaks out on CNN after being reminded most school shooters are white.
- ‘Confederate’ school board candidate with history of racist statements says she’s not racist.
- ‘F*cking n****r!’ — Racist Seattle Lyft driver throws interracial couple out onto the side of the road.
- Racist harasses Hispanic family outside Arkansas Walmart.
- Ohio firefighter quickly fired because he was unable to resist sharing racist McDonalds meme on Facebook.
- Maine IHOP manager swears they’re not racist after server demands black teens pay for their meal up front.
- Oklahoma woman shaken after being called the ‘N-word with such venom’ by a racist road rage driver.
- ‘N****r leave:’ racist defaces centuries old African meeting house in Massachusetts.
- University of Missouri cancels student elections after multiple candidates drop out over racist tweets
- Hollywood woman throws racist tantrum after Hispanic man asks her to clean up after her dog.
- Racist Oregon woman harassed 4-year-old black boy before bashing his mom in the head with a bottle.
- ‘I’m white. I can kill you — nothing will happen’: Woman attacks black actor with beer bottle after racist tirade.
- Students viciously bully black teen as a ‘monkey’ in racist video — and school looks the other way.
- Kansas racist insults and spits on black preschooler at Hooters — and then tells cops ‘It’s OK, I’m a fireman’.
- One of the biggest recent incidents has been the racist rant by New York lawyer Aaron Schlossberg who threatened to “call ICE" on some people who had the temerity to speak Spanish in front of him.
- White coffee shop customer abuses Muslim woman standing in line — so the barista boots his racist butt out.
- Last month, a white woman in Oakland called the police on a black family that was having a cookout—then broke down sobbing when another white woman confronted her about her racism on video.
