Are African American Males Really Embracing Trump?

Let me begin by stating that I am not an African American. So what qualifies me to write this post? I am a retired teacher from Brooklyn, New York, home to America’s second-largest African-American community after Chicago. I taught in predominately African American high schools for twelve years during my career, and I taught hundreds of African American students a course in politics and government, as well as American history and A.P. Government.  When I read that a significant percentage of  African American males supported Trump my first reaction was one of alarm, but the more that I reflected on the claim, the more it does not stand the sniff test. I just cannot imagine many African American males spurning a black woman who is a graduate of a historically black college for a man with a racist past.  The Harris campaign is rightly concerned about this possible defection and not only Harris has addressed it, but she has also sent surrogates including Barack Obama. One of the reasons that Trump has a possibility of winning is amnesia. Many people, not just African Americans, forget what Trump did and how divisive he was. Hopefully, people will recall his reaction to...