Living in Trump's America: Dark Force Rising
One of the saddest truths that Americans in the 21st Century face every day is that racism, that ever-present stain on the national soul, has never gone away. In fact, over the past decade, there has been an uptick in hate crimes, racist "jokes" and propaganda claims, and a growing boldness among Ku Klux Klan members, neo-Nazis, and white supremacists marked by public rallies, dissemination of "politically incorrect" spiels on YouTube and elsewhere, and "jokes" that are not at all funny. Take the case of Florida high school student Noah Crowley, who thought it would be hilarious to send a "promposal" to his girlfriend, Isabella Vinalli on the social media outlet Snapchat. In an article that appears in the Tampa Bay free newspaper tbt*, reporter Devin Rodriguez writes: Noah Crowley, 18, sent out the "promposal" on Sunday over Snapchat. It shows a picture of him holding a sign that states: "If I was black I’d be picking cotto