Dr Emma Shortis

Director, International & Security Affairs program

The Trump administration is going after the 1964 Civil Rights Act – specifically, Title IV.

According to the US Department of Justice, Title IV “prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance.”

Trump and the movement that supports him have always seen his victory in November as a generational one – an opportunity to undo all of the gains of the Civil Rights movement and return to an imaginary version of America in which white people – specifically, straight, white men – are the rightful and natural leaders of society.

Last year, with her colleague Dr Liam Byrne, Emma wrote about the longer history of this movement and how it explains Trump’s political success.

The movement behind Trump is, they wrote, “an explicitly racialised and anti-democratic movement that intends to impose the will of the minority over the lives of the majority.” We are now seeing that play out in real time. 

https://theconversation.com/donald-trumps-stroll-to-victory-in-iowa-was-a-foregone-conclusion-this-doesnt-make-it-any-less-shocking-221207