Monday, February 27, 2023

‘You’re not forgotten‘: how the right racialized the Ohio train disaster

Three weeks into the disaster, a new set of headlines has started to billow up from right-wing outlets and commentators. 

Now the tragedy of East Palestine has morphed into a racialized lament for the "forgotten" people abandoned by the uncaring "woke" Biden administration. For "forgotten", read white. 

Leading the charge, as is so often the case with such white-America nativist fearmongering, is the Fox News star Tucker Carlson.

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