Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen made a name for himself with the funny-at-the-time, depressing-in-hindsight "Says Who?" confrontation with CNN's Brianna Keilar, and more recently with his refusal to cooperate in the Russia probe. (Because nothing says, "We definitely didn't collude, despite the mountains of evidence and acknowledgement from Donald Trump Jr. himself" like refusing to cooperate.) Anyway, in the wake of the horrifying Nazi/white supremacist rally in Charlottesville and Donald Trump's divisive and just all-around leaking garbage bag of a "there were bad people on both sides" take, Michael Cohen stepped up! Oh, not to, like, speak out against the president. No. Oh, my God, he would never. No, no, no. Cohen stepped up on Twitter to say that supporting Donald Trump doesn't make him a racist. (Agree to disagree on that.) And to prove...

Oh, no. He didn't try to prove that he was not a racist. That's never a good idea. If you feel the need to try and prove you're not a racist, you're probably a racist.

Where was I? Oh, yes. And to prove that he's not a racist, Cohen tweeted eight photos of himself hanging out with black people. I know. I know. You're thinking, "But that's a terrible idea!" And you know what? You're right.

And just in case someone persuades him that this was a terrible idea and/or steals his phone to delete this embarrassing tweet, here's a screenshot for good measure:

Here's a good rule of thumb for my fellow white people. Taking pictures with black friends is "racist-neutral." It doesn't make you a racist, but it definitely doesn't make you not a racist. Now, using those photos to attempt to prove that you're not a racist... That for sure makes you a racist. Also while we're talking, white privilege is real, our society is systematically designed to favor white people, and you can acknowledge those facts without invalidating your own sense of self-worth. Try it!

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