The audacity of privilege is aware of no bounds. This week, Trump’s least intellectually gifted son appeared on a spiritual zealot’s podcast and in contrast his father’s authorized points to the systemic racism and authorized injustices confronted by Black individuals for hundreds of years.
He stated, “And now you are seeing sure segments of the inhabitants, just like the African American phase of the inhabitants, who’re popping out and saying, ‘they’ve completed the identical crap that they are doing to Donald Trump. They’ve completed it to us. For years, they’ve indicted us for nonsense. They’ve thrown the authorized system at us, they have not given us an opportunity in hell, it has been a rigged system.’ They’ve actually made my father, a martyr with sure segments of the inhabitants…”
Essentially the most facepalm-worthy a part of Eric’s assertion is his comparability of his father’s authorized points to the systemic racism and authorized injustices confronted by Black individuals. Donald Trump is a white, rich, and highly effective particular person whose authorized challenges are a results of particular allegations of wrongdoing. The systemic racism that Black individuals face is woven tightly into the material of our society and justice system. It isn’t only a results of particular allegations, however a pervasive, systemic problem that spans centuries. Attempting to equate these two vastly completely different experiences is not only dumb, however it undermines and dismisses the severity and impression of systemic racism. However, it is Eric, so we should not be shocked that he co-opted the actual and painful experiences of Black individuals to deflect from the particular allegations in opposition to his daddy.
And Eric’s whining that the justice system is “rigged” in opposition to Donald Trump is a basic MAGA fairy story. The U.S. authorized system is certainly flawed and biased in opposition to marginalized communities, however is totally “rigged” in favor of rich and influential figures like Donald Trump, a person who has been skating on skinny ice his complete life with little to no penalties. So, whereas Eric continues to spin this yarn of martyrdom for his father, keep in mind: it isn’t a rigged system that is catching as much as Donald Trump, it is simply plain outdated justice.