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• The Commission was established during the Obama administration, following the President's proclamation that established Bears Ears as a National Monument.
• "The petroglyphs, artifacts, landmarks, and landforms in the Bears Ears region help Hopi people trace our migration histories" said Craig Andrews, Vice Chairman of the Hopi Tribe and Co-Chair of the Bears Ears Commission.
• "In the face of modern challenges, such as the management of Bears Ears National Monument, our commitment to collaboration remains unwavering," said Yanito.
• "The draft resource management plan represents the culmination of our shared knowledge and insights, offered willingly to federal agencies for the betterment of the Monument.

• The depth of that response will show just how deeply rooted American politics is, and has always been, in racial fears.
• The centrality of race to our politics is clear in the current presidential campaign.
• The most common campaign slogan is from the campaign of Donald Trump: “MAGA” – Make America Great Again.
• Former president Trump introduced MAGA as his campaign slogan when he began his presidential run in 2015.
• As the U.S. begins another presidential campaign in which Trump is likely to be the GOP nominee, here’s what we have found:

Racial resentment key

• White Americans’ racial resentment increased substantially during the Barack Obama presidency.
• The U.S. is not now “post racial,” free from racial prejudices or discrimination, nor has it ever been.
• White people are less likely than other racial groups to report that they have experienced negative responses from other people.
• And among Black adults, “those with self-reported darker skin tones are more likely to report discrimination experiences than those with lighter skin tones” – added evidence that observed racial differences affect the way people are treated.

Anxiety deepens resentment

• But racial resentment seems to deepen in times of anxiety, when many people seek a specific target for their fears rather than deal with a vaguer sense of dread.
• The U.S. has also faced social-demographic change at a speed that those with racial resentment may find threatening.
• These threats to the public’s health and to the image of the white American that so many traditionalists hold can encourage racial resentment.
• However understandable it may be, it’s hard to argue that racial resentment, or any other hatred rooted in immutable differences, benefits U.S. society.
• Some segments of society do benefit from racial resentment, of course, and they will resist losing it as a campaign tool to protect their privileged status.

Marjorie Hershey does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

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