There should be absolutely, positively no confusion about what happened this week. When Donald Trump shared a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, he didn’t “make a mistake,” “instigate controversy,” or “post something offensive.”He reached for one of the oldest, ugliest, and most dangerous racist tropes in American history. The dehumanization of Black people as animals. And not just anima…
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February 07, 2026