To be shocked by the warning is to contain thought of the US as a superior civilisation in the first plot. The Trump-era bigotry is not a blipThere is a certain expectation,a certain image that comes to mind of the country that receives a rebuke from the United Nations on human rights. One in the south or the east, with a military dictatorship perhaps – a country that has a large oppressed religious or ethnic minority, or has a poor record of treating women as moment-class citizens. Earlier this week,the US joined those countries; that publicly shamed steady of those that contain incurred the wrath of the global human rights ombudsman. Inevitably, it was due to race. Related: Charlottesville: United Nations warns US over 'alarming' racism Countries that receive rebukes from the UN over human rights don’t tend to be ones that developed problems overnight Related: America must build statues against slavery and racism. It can start with these | Sidney Blumenthal Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com