Notes

‘These groups are mystical creations.’ Donald Trump won the recent U.S. presidential election with a greater share of non-white voters than in the previous two. Back in 2012, the last presidential contest Trump wasn’t competing in, Latinos voted for the Democratic candidate by 44 points; this election, it was by four. Soon after, American media outlets—including those that had condemned Trump for racism, even fascism, began speaking of his new “multiracial coalition.” Is that real?

Today, Adolph Reed explores what to make of the surge in non-white voters in America casting their ballots for Trump.

—Gustav Jönsson