Everyone Voice: Justin Trudeau and Police Shootings

everyone voice: Donald Trump apocalyptic acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland was easily the scariest political event I've ever witnessed outside of 1930s newsreels, according to Huffington Post Canada. As CNN Anderson Cooper summed up: "He painted a dark and frightening picture of America, he talked about people being attacked by criminals, attacked by terrorists, betrayed by their leaders, the game is fixed. It seems forever ago that Justin Trudeau made the world swoon by matter-of-facting that his cabinet would be gender-balanced and racially diverse "because it 2015." Unfortunately, now it 2016. And he said he can be their voice." Ah, but not everyone voice. Or when, after yet another string of police shootings of unarmed black men, most recently a therapist lying on the ground with his hands up, Trump promised to restore law and order, to "liberate our citizens from the crime and terrorism and lawlessness." The thing about this tactic -- a far cry from conservative saint Ronald Reagan inspirational "shining city on a hill" much less Obama hope and change optimism -- is that it captures the zeitgeist of white America. If the lack of melanin in the crowd wasn't enough of a clue, the racially charged subtext rose to the surface when he couldn't help but use the term "them" when discussing "inner cities." Or when he warned of 180,000 illegal immigrants "tonight roaming free to threaten peaceful citizens" and of more "being released by the tens of thousands into our communities with no regard for the impact on public safety." The thing about this tactic... is that it captures the zeitgeist of white America. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.