President-elect Donald Trump's comprehensive victory in the 2024 election forced President Barack Obama to retreat from his lifelong support of woke diversity politics, which he called “pluralism.”
“We are not born with the muscle to build pluralism.” [amid diversity] “Habits require practice, and we need to rebuild the institutions that enable that practice,” he told an invited audience in his adopted hometown of Chicago on December 5.
His speech was a humiliating admission of a fundamental ideological defeat by the former Mar-a-Lago TV host.
In August, Obama used the Democratic National Convention to say that the disputed election is all about fundamentally transforming the homeland of the American people into the territory of immigrant ethnic and identity subgroups around the world. declared.
“No nation or society has ever attempted to build a democracy as large and diverse as ours, one that includes people from all corners of the globe for decades. “I did it,” he said from the tournament stage built just for him. Harris. “The rest of the world is watching to see if we can make this happen,” President Obama declared.
But Democrats under Obama didn't do that on Election Day. Rather, they were outsmarted by President Trump's exploitation of the political divisions created by the Democratic Party's divide-and-conquer politics of diversity.
For example, President Obama imported many Muslims. voted for trump They disliked the close alliance between the Democratic Party and Israel during the Gaza war.
Many feminist women voted for Trump because the Democratic Party supports a new transgender ideology.
Many black and Latino Democrats voted for Trump because their wages have remained flat due to the Democratic Party's mass immigration policies.
Donors have refused to ease large-scale immigration policies or force Kamala Harris to promise cuts.
Democrats did not implement an expedited convention process to select the best candidate after Biden. Black women would have left. If the party drops Harris.
In contrast, Trump ran a national solidarity campaign, “Make American Great Again,'' invoking a coalition of rich and poor, white and nonwhite, North and South. “It's all about the American Dream,” he declared.
President Obama has tried to excuse the financial damage and elite distraction caused by his diversity policies since the late 1990s.
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“surely, [non-diverse] In the decades immediately following World War II, our democracy seemed to operate relatively smoothly, with frequent cross-party cooperation and ways to share interests and resolve differences. “There seemed to be broad agreement about that,” he said.
Those decades of lack of diversity were buoyed by a booming economy, Obama said, but collapsed as society became more diverse. “Historically marginalized groups — Blacks, Latinos, Asians, Native Americans. Women and gays and lesbians. And Americans with disabilities — demanded a seat at the table,” he said, adding that Democrats demanded a seat at the table. , without acknowledging how hard they have worked to impose diversity through law and culture.
Obama sought to undermine Trump's victory by portraying Trump voters as anti-Democrats and Harris Democrats as demoralized.
At this moment in history, when the core principles of democracy seem to be under continuous attack and when too many people have become cynical and apathetic, now is the time to think about how to build a democracy. It's time to ask yourself the tough questions about what you can build and make it work. A meaningful and practical method for the general public.
But President Obama also acknowledged the magnitude of his defeat, urging woke and unapologetic secular progressives to learn from the Christian church.
I'm trying to make a large tent that can comfortably accommodate a variety of people. That would allow people to have deeper conversations about their faith in a way that doesn't scare them. What megachurches are doing is also a good argument for localism.
In a Christian-themed message to his woke supporters, he asked for forgiveness and said, “Each of us deserves a degree of tolerance toward those who look and think differently than us.” must be shown.''
“That’s tough…even if it’s relatively uniform. [non-diverse] Countries, it’s difficult,” he said.
Identity politics and wokism “create the assumption that all our identities are singular and static,” he said, adding:
Because you are a man, you automatically have a certain attitude. And, let's be honest, you're part of the patriarchy…We have to try to frame the issue in a way that at least considers the possibility of a win-or-win situation. Zero-sum situation… We all have to accept that we have multiple identities. For example, I'm a 63-year-old African American man who is also a husband, father, and Christian who constantly struggles with doubts about organized religion. I'm a writer and a Bears fan.
Democrats face a long battle to escape woke politics, he said. “Learning to trust each other again, that generation project [emphasis added]” he said.
Oddly, Obama's speech flouted his traditions. children of white mothers, and his conference guest list pushed mainstream Americans aside.
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The political admission and confession is a humiliation for Obama, who has championed diversity and pluralism in governance since the early 2000s.
In his 2006 autobiography, he said: I wrote:
As a young organizer, I work with Latino leaders to discuss issues that affect both Black and Brown residents, from failing schools to illegal dumping to unvaccinated children. We cooperated well. At least in my mind, the fates of black and brown people were to be forever intertwined. This is the basis for a coalition that could help the US fulfill its commitments.
his white house website boasted “Our nation's strength comes from the diversity of our people and our commitment to equal opportunity for all, which is why we have made diversity and inclusion a top priority.”
President Obama repeatedly invoked “pluralism” in the Oval Office, justifying greater diversity through immigration, including from countries ruled by Islam for almost 1,000 years. For example, in 2016 he declared:
If we turn away refugees simply because of their background or religion, or because they are Muslim, for example, the terrorists believe that countries like ours are somehow opposed to Islam. This is an ugly lie, as it strengthens the propaganda of By upholding the values of pluralism and diversity, we will not be rejected in all our countries.
President Obama's Diversity Strategy created The replay, which gained momentum between Trump and Biden, invited Trump back into the Oval Office.
Mr. Trump is now back leading a broad coalition that includes pro-immigration investors and anti-immigrant workers, billionaires and school dropouts, would-be space explorers and social conservatives.
“The great test that awaits the second Trump administration is whether to align these visions,” wrote centrist writer Ross Douzas. new york times. “The more the two sides collide, the more likely it is that Trump 2.0 will fail.”
