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There have been countless Anti-Black moves, including trying to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board, stripping Kamala Harris of her Secret Service protection, deploying the National Guard to cities with Black mayors and large African American populations, essentially outlawing diversity and equity initiatives.

Many liberals, including my colleague Michael Tomasky, say that the Trump administration is much more racist than its predecessors. I agree, but not in the common understanding of that word. Someone being racist is generally understood as them disliking or treating people unfairly based on their skin color or appearance. It’s possible that Trump and his aides have this kind of explicit animus toward African Americans. But in my view, what drives this administration is authoritarianism and ideological conservatism more than racial bigotry. Authoritarianism and ideological conservatism hit Black people in America really hard, and racism is a useful tool to further authoritarianism and ideological conservatism.

SOURCE:

https://newrepublic.com/article/199993/trump-war-black-america-lisa-cook