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jerusha ([personal profile] jerusha) wrote in [personal profile] orangerful 2016-11-14 09:07 pm (UTC)

I completely agree, and thank you for putting this into words. These are people like my in-laws that voted Trump in, and I know them. I grew up with a lot of them, and so did Tyson. Sure, there are things that we should address like rampant drug use, lack of jobs, etc., but they voted for Trump because he blamed specific groups for their problems. They absolutely want to go back to a world where their "way of life" (read: privilege) isn't at risk, where they don't have to see people of color, or deal with LGBT+ folks, or whatever. You only have to listen to my MIL's rants about how "the Mexicans are ruining everything" ONCE to get that.

I think a lot of white folks (those of a liberal bent, anyway) want to blame everything but race for Trump's victory. If it was a matter of strategy or Hillary's emails or whatever, that can be fixed. If it's racism, how do you change people's hearts? And the answer to that question is often a) education, and/or b) you wait for them to die off.

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