This is what a psychiatrist—who teaches on the campus where the Charlottesville white supremacist rally took place—had to say about Americans and race
The statue of Confederate General Robert E Lee stands behind a crowd of hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the 'alt-right' during the 'Unite the Right' rally on August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. clashes between neo-Nazi groups and leftist protesters
Vamik Volkan receives The Sigourney Award for 2015 in the US on January 18, 2016. Volkan has lived in Charlottesville more than 50 years, giving psychiatry lectures at the University of Virginia. Courtesy of Vamik Volkan. In the 1960s, I had worked in an old African-American mental hospital. All patients were African Americans. This is how I got exposed to what was happening in this country. America was great in terms of law, democracy, etc, but it was also the most racist country once upon a time. There are still remnants of it.
In any case, when the city of Charlottesville made a move about what to do with statues, white supremacist groups from all over the country including neo-Nazis came to this university town. They created this mess, killing one lady, hurting many people and mostly humiliating Charlottesville people. That was a very hurtful thing. It is still going on. Dealing with racism in America is a big issue.
Anti-racist protesters hold signs by a statue of General Robert E Lee at Lee Park on June 30, 2015, in Dallas, Texas. The issue of removing Confederate statues in the US led substantial divisions in American society. But this is history. I have some African-American friends who think that this is part of history and statues could stay as they are. But people could erect more statues to mark the new part of history. But when chosen traumas are reactivated, one of the first things people do is they go and attack statues because statues represent old times and other things. I never met Trump, so I can not say anything about his psychological state.
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