Tag: H.Clinton and Trump

NOVANEWS By Lawrence Davidson  Bigotry and high office To find bigots in political office in the United States is not historically unusual. In fact, up until the 1960s and the Civil Rights Movement, publicly recognisable bigots in office was the norm in many parts of the country. Even in the post-1960s era we find presidents such as Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan who could be openly bigoted. However, most recent office holders have known enough to keep their prejudices out of the public airwaves. It is a sign of the fragility of the changes in national character wrought by the Civil Rights Movement that the inhibitions holding back public expressions of bigotry are wearing thin. And that has set the scene for the current contest for the presidency in which both major parties have thrown...