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'Klansplaining' Is The Right-Wing Alternative to 'Wokeism'

When you mention the word “racism” to some people, they immediately sigh and roll their eyes. Unfortunately, a lot of these people get elected to public office.“Why do you have to make everything about race?” they say, or, “America is not a racist country.”They argue at you instead of showing you the courtesy of engaging in polite discourse. They use ridicule and mockery. Their voices get loud, they clench the muscles in their face, and they lurch at you in an attempt to intimidate. They threaten to hit you with their Bible.I’ve come up with a label for this behavior: Klansplaining. As in…

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