President Trump’s original decision to hold his Tulsa rally on June 19 was just the latest racist dog whistle to sound, and resound, from his administration.
If he were a different kind of president, he could have kept that date to lead white people at a rally in celebrating Juneteenth along with Black Americans.
He could use the opportunity to acknowledge, denounce, and deplore the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, in which a white mob terrorized and murdered Black people and burned and looted what may have been the wealthiest Black community in the United States.
He could urge all white people in this country to look into their hearts, reconsider their habitual thoughts and behaviors, and resolve not only to believe in equality but to act to bring about equality.
No one, least of all our president, can imagine he would do any of this.
I weep for our country.
Sue Felshin
Concord
Note from KBJ: Stop being melodramatic, Sue. Donald Trump is the least racist president we have had, and that includes Barack Hussein Obama, who, as you know, descends from slaveowners. If Donald Trump had scheduled his rally for Juneteenth, you'd be the first to condemn him for insensitivity. Heads Sue wins; tails Trump loses. Get some help for your derangement.
