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I mean, it's not even that well coded or subtle. They're basically saying, "black people are savages." And yet I still see random people believing it. The bigotry that has been unleashed these last 8 years has been really, truly ugly and appalling to witness.

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This didn’t start 8 year.ago. It started long before. But escalated when Obama won the 2008 election.

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Yes. The bigotry Trump unleashed has continually been part of our country since colonial days. This is just the most recent episode of white backlash - the negative response of some white people to the progress of Black people - and it was brought to the surface by Obama's win. I fully expect the backlash to increase if Kamala wins.

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