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NEW YORK — As I warned last fall, Democrats are pushing to make Washington, D.C. America’s 51st state. Republicans are resisting this idea, as well they should. Democrats, in turn, blame the GOP’s reluctance on—what else?—"Racism!" "Now today the state of D.C. would be 46 percent black, which would make it the state with the highest percentage of black people in the entire country," U.S. Rep. Ayanna Presley told a House hearing Tuesday. "I’m gonna make it plain: D.C. statehood is a racial justice issue, and racism kills."

Many Americans probably have no idea of the long history of the “go back to your country” taunt and how it was used to denigrate ethnic minorities. If they did, they would better understand the visceral reaction to it. To understand what is unfolding, one must understand the history of this awful saying. One must also understand that we, as ethnic minorities, consider ourselves to be co-equal citizens in this fantastic country we call America. In other words, there is no place to go back to. This is my country—the one that I love. When President Donald Trump said four...