Trump, racism, and the media’s obsession

Published September 16, 2017 4:01am ET



If it weren’t for their sick obsession with race, the national media would have next to nothing to talk about.

The October issue of The Atlantic magazine features a long essay by Ta-Nehisi Coates on President Trump being “The First White President,” a lament about the shame Americans should feel in electing a white man after a black one.

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