Juneteenth and the Meaning of Freedom [newyorker.com]
By Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, June 19, 2020 When word circulated earlier this month that Donald J. Trump would resume his campaign rallies on June 19th, with an event in Tulsa , Oklahoma, the confluence of date and location suggested that his typically leaden-handed racial trolling had taken on new levels of nuance. On its face, the choice of Tulsa defies political logic. In the upcoming Presidential election, Oklahoma is neither in play (Trump currently holds a nineteen-point lead there)...