Are Kanye West and the United States twinning?

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As I sat down to dinner with my husband on Monday night, I felt anxious and uneasy. I felt that way most of the day without the energy to put words and sentences around my feelings. I was just tired.

And sick and tired of being sick and tired.

I told Ali, "I feel like the United States is just like Kanye."

With a puzzled expression, Ali replied, "Oookkaayy. Why do you say that?"

"Well, with both Kanye and the United States, it feels like I'm watching a slow-moving train wreck. I know it won't end well, and I wish things were different. But it also feels like there is very little I can do about it."

(More accurately, I should have said, "I'm angry and don't feel like I should have to do anything about it.” I mean, haven't black women done enough? I digress..)

I felt this way because the day before, in Jacksonville, Florida, a white man with a swast…