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Trump’s fantasy that migrants are eating cats proves the meme has prevailed over real politics | Kenan Malik

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68% Informative

Springfield ’s prosperity was built on manufacturing and publishing, but its decline began early.

The town became stalked by the diseases of despair that now haunt many other post-industrial working-class communities.

Migrants came in to fill the gap, mainly Haitians living legally elsewhere in America .

The influx of migrants helped revive a dying city, but created tensions.

Racist and far-right groups seized upon the issue, attempting to turn tension into hatred with talk of an invasion” destroying the town.

Nathan Clark’s 11-year-old son, Aiden , was killed last August when his school bus was hit by a Haitian migrant, Hermanio Joseph , who has since been convicted of involuntary manslaughter and imprisoned for a minimum of nine years .

The tragedy was magnified by morally bankrupt politicians’ using his son to vomit all the hate” about Haitians , he says.

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67

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64

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16

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semi-formal

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English

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56

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offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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