for a lot of us who never lived through times where blatant virtriolic racism was socially acceptable (like jim crow)...the election of donald trump was *traumatic*.

i know people who literally broke down and cried. not that hillary lost. but that donald trump won. and that there were actually enough people who voted for him. someone who represented the human embodiment of the fears of a lot of marginalized people in our country.

following a president who (we thought) represented a clearing of a lot of those hurdles.

it felt like an old evil was unearthed again (even though it was clearly present the whole time).

and everything that donald trump has done since has exemplified his disdain for black people. his comments, his hirings, his policies, his taking credit for the accomplishments of a black president while blaming his failures on him, etc.

kanye seems to think this was the perfect opportunity to rub our face in our perfectly justified agony and tell *us* that we are living in the past. nigga this is the *now*.

i genuinely hate this nigga.