America’s Problem Isn’t Tribalism—It’s Racism – The Atlantic

America’s Problem Isn’t Tribalism. It’s Racism.

Read: How to teach white kids about race A large number of Republican candidates, led by the president, ran racist or bigoted campaigns against their opponents. But those opponents cannot be said to belong to a “tribe.” No common ethnic or religious ties bind Heitkamp, Campa-Najjar, Delgado, or the constituencies that elected them.