Contempt for America on Independence Day

Gregory Hood, American Renaissance, July 7, 2019

America is racist and so it must be deconstructed

President Donald Trump failed to unite America with his Independence Day celebration. Friday morning, many Twitter users mocked the parade and the president’s awkward reference to the Continental Army capturing airfields. Trending hashtags included #RevolutionaryWarAirports and #TrumpParadeFail. Some journalists accused him of “politicizing” Independence Day.

Yet partisan scorn conceals the real problem. Independence Day, like Thanksgiving and Columbus Day, is no longer apolitical. The Fourth of July honors the nation created by the Founding Fathers—a nation, many believe, whose racism can never be redeemed.

Members of the Revolutionary Communist Party burned American flags outside the White House and called for a “world without America.” Unlike Jared Taylor and American Renaissance, party representative Carl Dix and what appears to be the party itself have accounts on Twitter. The latter account quote-tweeted Frederick Douglass’s famous speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” “This Fourth of July is yours, not mine,” he said. “You may rejoice, I must mourn.” “THIS is why we burned the American flag today!” said the account, along with the hashtag #AmericaWasNeverGreat.

The RCP is a fringe group; its sentiments are not. Colin Kaepernick, who reportedly forced Nike to recall its “Betsy Ross” shoes, tweeted Douglass’ speech. Major publications glorify Frederick Douglass’s speech every year in a new anti-Independence Day tradition.

This year:...........To Read More...