If people support Trump because he legitimizes their worst racist instincts, should I applaud them? How many of these people have spoken out against the rampant bigotry occurring at Trump rallies, or even about what Trump is saying?
No I will applaud those caught in similar circumstances by globalization, or automation, who managed to discuss the problem without damning others whose positions are even worse off. Those who support Bernie Sanders, even though I don't plan to vote for him.
Since the Reagan era the GOP sought to win office by legitimizing the prejudices of uneducated whites. Black communities were destroyed by a fraudulent war on drugs. A combination of these two facts has forced the majority of black men, who didn't graduate from high school, out of the labor force. This along with many who graduated high school but not college. These same bigots then wail about "irresponsible black men".
Will not shed tears for the Trump bigots. They made their own bed, and should lie in it, as they are plainly foolish.