My ears perked when he said that 2017's spectacular solar eclipse, with its long path of totality across the continental United States, is on his list of things, events and people that someone or some group has labeled as "racist."
Uh... not exactly. Here's a couple of "reads."
Brief reads, so I will only give the standard bibliography-style references and Internet page links.
“The eclipse is racist”: how one bad article sparked a conservative pile-onTara Golshan for Vox; August 21, 2017.
https://www.vox.com/policy-...-eclipse-2017-racistDid a Law Professor Claim the 2017 Solar Eclipse is 'Racist'?Two conservative web sites grossly misrepresent the content of a lyric essay in the Atlantic magazine.
Dan MacGuill for Snopes; August 21, 2017.
https://www.snopes.com/eclipse-racist/rinselberg--saving the world from destabilizing political spin, one online message at a time.[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 01-04-2018).]