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Why Is Ivanka Trump Harassing The African Continent With Faux-Activism?

Ezinne Ukoha

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Here’s the thing, I’m not obsessed with Ivanka Trump. I am however obsessed with the task of calling out the bullshit, since our mainstream media has relinquished the fundamental task of holding this thuggish administration, and its criminally-inclined members, accountable for past and current offenses.

It has to be said that the main reason why I’m able to comprehend why such a thing as “White media” exists, and how that explains why this industry has remained complicit in the arena of keeping Black voices out of prominent newsrooms has to be attributed to the formidable weapon of Whiteness, that will always stay united — no matter what.

Unless you’re buried under a hard rock, it’s impossible to escape the weekly headlines that reveal how and why the president went out of his way to ignore the warnings of security breach, and purposely downplay the questionable track records of former and present staffers.

It would take way too long to dissect the rap sheets of exited employees, but we can summarize with notables who all had something in common, when it came to outrightly committing acts of violence against victims who were vulnerable to those threats. There’s also the habitual need to give the middle finger to the judicial system as evidence of what White privilege with…

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