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Episode 13 is a hard-hitting show featuring Coy Conner, who joins me in a frank, difficult discussion about Donald Trump, birtherism, and where black people find themselves in America in 2016.  We take a deeper look into the questions raised about the 'otherness' of President Obama, since his 2008 campaign until now, and we explore what his persecution really meant for him, and what it meant for black people across the country.  We look at the history of citizenship being challenged, even during slavery, how much that parallels to how Donald Trump has treated President Obama.   We lend perspective to the notion that blacks in America continue to struggle to find an identity in the fabric of America because of the ongoing attempts to delegitimize black people and attempts to minimize and rationalize the oppression of black people in America.   We also discuss an important, difficult question about the implication of Donald Trump support - Is one racist if they support Donald Trump?   You won't want to miss thi