This is true, tragic, and embarrassing. For White Americans the racism is a feature not a bug. The affinity is more than bigotry. As John Ganz observed it's a misapprehension of social arrangements. It's stupid. And seeing its lies as truths is a gateway to believing all manner of other bullshit.
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@ERBeckman how does that square with white Americans celebrating that polling and voting records show that his embrace of black people has been very effective?

It seems like this is flat out false on a surprisingly large number of levels.

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