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Ben Jealous is the president of People For the American Way, a progressive advocacy organization founded to fight right-wing extremism and build a democratic society that implements the ideals of freedom, equality, opportunity and justice for all.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Last year, journalist Adam Serwer published a book called \u201cThe Cruelty is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump\u2019s America.\u201d Serwer has made the point that Trump is a symptom, not the cause, of a cruel streak in American politics. There is a long history of backlash against progress, going back to the post-Reconstruction period in which white supremacists used violence to reverse the enfranchisement of Black people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read at\u00a0BlackPress USA<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n