Donald Trump: Prejudice Or Racism?

As a political observer, I am thoroughly convinced that a Donald Trump nomination as the 2016 Republican candidate for president will very likely result in both a landslide victory for Democrats in keeping the White House and a retaking of the Senate. It could even result in drawing enough Democrats to the polls to give them an outside chance of retaking the House of Representatives. From a Democrat standpoint, therefore, a Donald Trump candidacy would be a welcomed event; from an American standpoint, having a blatant racist at the top of the ticket of one of our two major parties, it would be an affront to every ideal for which this nation stands. What exactly is racism? In my view racism is, primarily, grouping an entire category of people
The Republican party, by turning a blinds eye and allowing Trump to spew unfettered his racist attacks on President Obama, especially regarding the nonsensical "birther" non-issue, created the environment in which Trump has unleashed his venom on the other Republican candidates and continues to rise in the polls at the expense of candidates that would be far preferable to the party to head the ticket. Serves them right; maybe there is some justice in this world. The difference between the blatant racism of today and the more hidden racism of yesterday goes back, not to Trump, but, rather to, yes, Fox News. It was Fox News and its inability to accept a President of color that brought blatant racism out of the closet and into the mainstream. Fox made it alright to be racist since, if it can be said on television, then it must be all right to express it anywhere, even at John McCain rallies in
Political correctness concerns toning down a use of terms to make it more palatable and less offensive based on an individual's sensitivities. Political correctness may mean referring to a janitor as a custodian or a garbage man as a sanitation engineer. It may even make use of the term "mentally challenged" in lieu of referring to someone as retarded. It does not mean misrepresenting facts and inciting hatred against a group of people, any group of people, as is currently the case with today's political coverage and the candidates being