Trump expects immigrants to be grateful and servile

Novelist on the real meaning of 'go back' When Donald Trump first proclaimed "Make America Great Again," many white Americans focused on the slogan's explicit appeal. Why wouldn't we want America to be great again? But many of us who do not happen to be white understood the slogan's subtext: Make America White Again. Immigrants, refugees and people of color have always recognized Trumpism for what it is - a politics of nostalgia for an era of unquestioned white superiority and power. Trump's comments last weekend, that four congresswomen should "go back" to their ancestors' countries if they don't like this one, were also an argument that immigrants of color should simply be grateful to be here. Increasingly, post-white Americans are refusing to perform what many white Americans expect of them: docile compliance, with the implicit sequel of servitude. Instead, these proud Americans, who don't hesitate to call Trump out, are both thankful and critical. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]