Trump’s White Privilege on Trial

“Black Vote, Black Power,” a collaboration between Keith Boykin and Word In Black, examines the issues, the candidates, and what’s at stake for Black America in the 2024 presidential election. Imagine if President Obama had paid hush money to a porn star to try to cover up an adulterous affair. Imagine if he did it again with a Playboy model. Then, imagine that he falsified business records to conceal the scandal. Almost everybody in America, Democrat and Republican, Black and white, would be upset with Obama. But that’s not the case with Donald Trump, the man who famously claimed he could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and wouldn’t lose any voters. As Trump’s criminal trial begins in Manhattan, Republicans are proving once again that their alleged values are really double standards. RELATED: Trump Fried Chicken When Obama was president, Republicans complained that simply wearing a tan suit at a press conference in the summer of 2014 was “shocking,” inexcusable, and “unpresidential,” despite the fact that many other presidents had worn tan suits in the past. Ahh, those were the days. Republicans attacked Obama when he spoke about the death of unarmed Black teenager Trayvon Martin...