by MARGARET KIMBERLEY
The power structure in the U.S. can be boiled down to a system of might, and white, making right. Donald Trump has exposed its rotten foundations and the two-faced collaborators who keep it running.
Donald Trump and officials in his administration have dispensed with even the appearance of established niceties in their quest to realize a vision of making white people and his concept of power ascendant throughout this country and the world. White power and brute force are their priorities – and any other considerations and even common sense take a back seat. If farmers who voted for Trump can’t find workers because of his immigration crackdown, so be it. His animus towards undocumented people is so great that he shoved some of his supporters under the bus and into bankruptcy. Lest anyone forget, it was the very conservative Ronald Reagan who enacted an amnesty for undocumented people in order to ensure a plentiful labor force for agriculture and other industries that are dependent upon immigrant labor. Clearly Trump is no Reagan. He doesn’t care if workers are scarce and crops rot in the fields as long as he fulfills his goals of keeping Global South immigrants out of the U.S. His administration is the very personification of white power.
Trump and his team are true believers in U.S. white supremacy but they are not alone. Liberals who may not have voted for him are nonetheless going along with his program. That is to say that they are also dependent upon the white power structure and they will not bite the hand that feeds them. The liberal class has shown itself to be thoroughly compromised, a spent force that does little except climb up the ladder for access, positions and money.
One of the latest perpetrators is the University of California at Berkeley, one of many “prestigious” educational institutions, whose leaders have assisted in targeting their own students and staff at Trump’s behest. The administration at Berkeley handed the Department of Education a list of 160 students, faculty and staff who may have had “a potential connection to reports of antisemitism.” The university handed over the list to the Trump administration on August 18 and didn’t tell those whose names appeared until September 4. The charge of antisemitic activity has been made synonymous with Palestine solidarity protest but none of those targeted know how their names will be used or if they will face legal charges. They were given no warning, and no opportunity to defend themselves. It is true that the University of California system is being threatened with loss of funding like many other institutions. But this latest example of Trump administration bullying has gotten the desired result of bringing the country under the thumb of raw power meant to silence anyone in opposition, especially about support for zionism, the ultimate white supremacist project. The liberal colleges and law firms and even private sector corporations all do what Trump tells them to do and that is a large part of his success.
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