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The racist ‘one-drop rule’ lives on in how Trump talks about Black politicians and whiteness in America

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Donald Trump said Vice President Kamala Harris previously identified as “not Black” in a July 2024 interview.

Julian Zelizer : In both cases, Trump implies that the race of his opponent is all voters need to know to determine their characters.

Trump has said he believes America was at its best in the 1940s and 1950s , Zelizer says.

Zelizer argues that he believes in the impenetrability and power of whiteness.

For white people who feel many things have been taken away from them in an increasingly multiracial America , Trump is their warrior.

He campaigns to protect the white population and culture of America .

Research on the construction of race in America shows that whiteness is devoid of meaning without something to define itself against.

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