Who Lost in 2016?

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As the year 2017 waits in the wings to spring onto the stage and initiate us all into the Trumpian era, where the modern-day equivalent of one of the Three Stooges occupies the Oval Office, it is time to look back at the year that was.
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5. Post-Racial America

When Barack Obama became leader of the free world, many people thought that America had evolved beyond its racist past, but 2016 was the year the country’s mesmerizing facade of equality began crumbling. The “alt-right” (pronounced “wyt suh-prim-uh cyst”) reared its ugly head to elect a pumpkin-colored, prejudiced, p–sy-grabbing Twitter troll as president. Trump’s election was partly aided by an influx of laws aimed at keeping minorities from voting.

Every time a police officer died this year, Fox News, Rudy Giuliani and anyone on the right side of the political aisle found a way to blame it on Black Lives Matter, while “white lives” and “blue lives” tried to home in on the action. It apparently scared a contingent of celebrities so much, they started advocating the “All Lives Matter” position—even to the detriment of their careers. While Lil Wayne’s record sales may not reflect black America’s disgust with his sociopolitical musings, statistics show that Cam Newton was much more effective when he was a black quarterback.

As we move into 2017 as a country that wants to spend a billion dollars to build a wall to keep out Mexicans and internment camps for Muslims, we should remember that 2016 made unwitting celebrities of names like Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, Keith Lamont Scott and Terence Crutcher. We shouldn’t forget that two juries failed to convict former Police Officer Michael Slager for murdering Walter Scott on camera. But we also shouldn’t worry about America. TheRoot

3 weeks left to celebrate the thoughtful America we grew up with, before things really turn ugly BIGLY.

[uponit7771]

1. Most of America

[Arkansas Granny]

2. We all did. It might not be apparent yet, but it will be.