Title

An indictment of the system

Document Type

Opinion Piece

Authors

Jonathan Petrie

Date

11-23-2016

Keywords

Nationalism, Xenophobia, Racism, White supremacy

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Description

This past week, the nation was hit by a shock wave. Donald Trump, the former host of NBC’s “The Apprentice,” was elected president of the United States. People are wondering, “how could this be?” This is a man who openly used race-baiting rhetoric, endorsed xenophobic policies, insulted disabled reporters and performed so many more ridiculous acts I probably could not fit them into this piece. So how could this guy have possibly won?

Identifier

Racial Justice_Maine Campus_2021_01_15i

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Recommended Citation

Petrie, Jonathan, "An indictment of the system" (2016). University of Maine Racial Justice Collection. 143.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/racial_justice/143