White Nationalism in the White House

It has only been a week and a half since the election and already we’re seeing Donald Trump make good on his promise to make American white great again. White Nationalism in the White House? It probably seemed like an unlikely scenario a few weeks ago, but yet here we are experiencing another nightmare. Steve Bannon, best known as the executive chairman of Breitbart News is a White Nationalist that now has a top position in serving as Donald Trump’s Chief Strategist. Many of his comments over the years are racially fueled and disturbing to say the least. To have this man serving as Trump’s closest advisor is worrisome. But it doesn’t stop there. 

Bannon seemed bad enough, but over the course of the week he’s become just one of many names to make it on Donald Trump’s list of transition team members that seem like less than ideal choices for top power positions in our country. Senator Jeff Sessions, a conservative from Alabama has now been selected by Trump to be the new Attorney General, a controversial choice since he has come under fire in the past for racially charged comments. Sessions made controversial remarks in the past about civil rights organizations such as the NAACP, saying they ”were all un-American organizations teaching anti-American values.” This from the man that will now be overseeing the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. Amazing.

This is a dangerous strategy for Donald Trump in my opinion. Our country is not in the place it was in the 1960’s. We have come too far to turn back to such racist ideologies, nor should we allow our country to go back there. Is it too soon to look forward to the next election?