I learned in journalism school that what you see often is more important than what you hear, so I decided to turn off the television volume during much of the Republican National Convention that proclaimed Donald Trump as the Republican’s presidential candidate, and to take notes. Here is what I saw.
First, it was a sea of white faces. The crowd looked like a reflection of an all-white America that has long ceased to exist. Sure, there were some black, Asian and Latino faces at the arena, but they were so