We really need to talk about why the media likes to sanitize bigots and bigotry

America has a race problem. The media has an even deeper issue with bigotry and the bigots they cowardly protect. You would think that having a White president, who proudly identifies as a White nationalist, would intensify the need to avoid tendencies to pretty up the ugliness in our midst — but that hasn’t been the case.

The media can’t afford to irreversibly anger those that provide the clicks and traffic.

There is the traditionalized route of vilifying Trump, and there’s also the urgency to stealthily utilize his potency as the seamless engine for career-making moves and epic ratings. Major networks are reveling in this deadly climate that has ended many Black and Brown lives, while allowing for prominent anchors to channel their trajectories in alignment with the “breaking news” of unsightly actions by the White man who is paying the bills.

The truth is that we need Trump to be the constant and dependable villain.

That’s why Yamiche Alcindor endured having her dignity stripped away in full view of her colleagues, when the president accused her of being a racist, and not one single member of the press corps came to her…