I am not surprised that some Americans comfort themselves by denying the existence of Institutional Racism when it is documented on an almost daily basis. Denial of the Truth has become the curse of Donald Trump, and it is embraced by men and women who ought to know better, but like lawless creatures in Hobbes's 'State of Nature', prefer Emotion to Reason, Anarchy to Govenment.
When the Republican Party shares the allegations of voter fraud made by Trump, is it accidental, coincidental or deliberate, that in all the Counties in which the election is alleged to have been stolen, the majority of the population is populated by either Black or Minority people, defined as 'Non-White'? Is it even conceivable that where fraud did take place, it was Trump voters rising from the dead, or Trump voter clubs pooling mail-in ballots, and so on?
Why is it that when polling stations are closed for 'health and safety' reasons so that voters must drive 100 miles to vote, it happens in the Southern State in counties where the majority of the population is Black?
The answer is that this is how the law on elections is processed in order to limit the number of Black people who vote, indeed, to limit the number of Black people elected into public office. From numerous Black members of the Georgia Senate in the era of 'Reconstruction', in the last quarter of the 19th century, by 1902 laws had been passed to STOP BLACK PEOPLE VOTING so not a single Black person held elected office.
https://www.nypl.org/events/exhibiti...cians-congress
And here we are, in 2022, the Institution of the Law being used to take away Rights from American citizens guaranteed by the US Constiitution, but not universally applied. For only a deluded fool would deny that the primary aim of the laws being processed across the South and States where Republicans have signed up to Trump's Cult, is to STOP BLACK PEOPLE VOTING.
It is based on the glib assumption -attacked by Black members here- that Black peope vote Democrat, and the political aim is to deny Democrats the vote. But why not make an appeal to a broader range of voters by offering policies that appeal to all Americans regardless of their appearance; why not adopt a language and a tone that does not ridicule minorities, accuse them of being resposible for crime, for undermining the Morals of America, for undoing everything that started with the community in Jamestown in 1607?
The Republican Party is retreating into a fantasy world, but using the Institution of the Law to build itself a wall to shut out people it sees as a threat -but to its own existence, rather than that of the USA.
Biden has been in office for just under a year. To make so sweeping a judgment of it as an 'abject failure' is dismissive without much evidence. Was the withdrawal from Afghanistan a mistake, or an inevitable decision someone had to make, knowing it would always look bad? Who is responsible for Inflation, is it always the Government? Passing new laws that cost eye-watering sums of money make look extravagant, even reckless, but the judgment of their success will be a long-time coming, and might not be observable for at least two years, which is why rushing to judgment is a disappointment.
We have the four years of chaos to review, at least give Biden another year before making grand assessments. He might not be the most charismatic, or eloquent of Presidents, and his attempt to build a bi-Partisan coalition of intersts looks quaint in an age of Sectarian conflict, but does it make him look so bad when it is venal hypocrites like Mitchell McConnell who are standing in the way of progress?
Time is on Biden side right now, but the clock is ticking, and the world is watching.