The symbolic power of Barack Obama's presidency-that whiteness was no longer strong enough to prevent peons from taking up residence in the castle-assaulted the most deeply rooted notions of white supremacy and instilled fear in its adherents and beneficiaries. And it was that fear that gave the symbols Donald Trump deployed-the symbols of racism-enough potency to make him president, and thus put him in position to injure the world.
( Ta-Nehisi Coates )
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