All The Black Presidents We Could’ve Had If ‘America’ Weren’t So Obsessed With Whiteness

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America loves to pretend historical progress is a relay race in which the past generation hands over all the freedoms they worked for to the next generation with a sweaty optimism and a Nell Carter smile.

And then you realize that America isn’t a sitcom; it’s more like Game of Thrones in which blood feuds, hatred, and fiery clashes are not only expected, they are inevitable. Because one of the unspoken tenets of America (at the expense of hurt feelings...