"The very idea of patriotism is transformed when advanced by a Black, biracial daughter of immigrants.

There is a sense that what is actually being invoked is the progressive idea that this country belongs to all of us. The right-wingers don't own patriotism. The flag, the chant, and the ideals they represent were never theirs alone to define."

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Article is a good recent history lesson of what actually happened and how it happened over the last few months.