The ghost of Carolyn Bryant and the racism of eating the dogs and cats
At last week’s presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, Trump made a number of eyebrow-raising comments that induced eyerolls and chuckles for their sheer absurdity. The biggest one being, “In Springfield they’re eating dogs, they’re eating cats.” Trump was referencing the recent influx of Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, along with a claim …