Chenjerai Kumanyika

It's not just like when you hear Trump sort of saying that there's an internal enemy, which he was saying on the campaign trail.

He's tapping into a long history of rhetoric that does that.

He's tapping into a long history of rhetoric that does that.

He's tapping into a long history of rhetoric that does that.

Well, we could go all the way back to the 19th century and look at, you know, the different like European ethnic groups who were fighting on the labor front. We could talk about the civil rights movement. We could talk about Claudia Jones.

Well, we could go all the way back to the 19th century and look at, you know, the different like European ethnic groups who were fighting on the labor front. We could talk about the civil rights movement. We could talk about Claudia Jones.

Well, we could go all the way back to the 19th century and look at, you know, the different like European ethnic groups who were fighting on the labor front. We could talk about the civil rights movement. We could talk about Claudia Jones.

I mean, in all these cases, the government cast these people as actually the danger, even though now most of the things they were fighting for are like uncontroversial.

I mean, in all these cases, the government cast these people as actually the danger, even though now most of the things they were fighting for are like uncontroversial.

I mean, in all these cases, the government cast these people as actually the danger, even though now most of the things they were fighting for are like uncontroversial.

Again, one of the things that, you know, those who are patriotic, you know, brag about is that America is a place where you can do some things, you can say some things and are supposed to have some freedoms to say some things that you can't say other places, right? And that's been crucial to securing certain kind of rights.

Again, one of the things that, you know, those who are patriotic, you know, brag about is that America is a place where you can do some things, you can say some things and are supposed to have some freedoms to say some things that you can't say other places, right? And that's been crucial to securing certain kind of rights.

Again, one of the things that, you know, those who are patriotic, you know, brag about is that America is a place where you can do some things, you can say some things and are supposed to have some freedoms to say some things that you can't say other places, right? And that's been crucial to securing certain kind of rights.

And it's funny, you know, I think personally about, you know, my father, right? My father was worked with an organization called the Congress of Racial Equality. Yeah, CORE, one of the major civil rights organizations. And my father was participating in a protest against police brutality. He handcuffed himself inside a police station.

And it's funny, you know, I think personally about, you know, my father, right? My father was worked with an organization called the Congress of Racial Equality. Yeah, CORE, one of the major civil rights organizations. And my father was participating in a protest against police brutality. He handcuffed himself inside a police station.

And it's funny, you know, I think personally about, you know, my father, right? My father was worked with an organization called the Congress of Racial Equality. Yeah, CORE, one of the major civil rights organizations. And my father was participating in a protest against police brutality. He handcuffed himself inside a police station.

And a couple of weeks later, the police commissioner at the time, Michael Murphy, said that he was dangerous, had sinister motives and a lust for power. What he was basically saying was this kind of protest is protesting the wrong way. We're cool if you do it the right way.

And a couple of weeks later, the police commissioner at the time, Michael Murphy, said that he was dangerous, had sinister motives and a lust for power. What he was basically saying was this kind of protest is protesting the wrong way. We're cool if you do it the right way.

And a couple of weeks later, the police commissioner at the time, Michael Murphy, said that he was dangerous, had sinister motives and a lust for power. What he was basically saying was this kind of protest is protesting the wrong way. We're cool if you do it the right way.

But it turns out when you look at history from then until now, no matter how you protest, it's considered the wrong way if you're challenging the status quo.