On White Naiveté
5 min readJul 17, 2019
I just watched, for the first time in a while, the Saturday Night Live skit from right after the 2016 presidential election.
“Oh my God, I think America is racist,” says Cecily Strong’s character, stunned as Donald Trump is about to be called the winner.
“Oh my God,” responds Dave Chappelle’s character with amused sarcasm.
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