how Donald Trump evoked a history of white authorities using their power to define race
- Written by Kathryn Schumaker, Senior Lecturer in American Studies, University of Sydney
In late July, former President Donald Trump told a room of Black journalists that Vice President Kamala Harris, his rival in the 2024 presidential election, “happened to turn Black” recently.
“She was Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden she made a turn […] she became a Black person,” Trump said, prompting...
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