deep thoughts for a Monday morning

[orangerful]

Very interesting read from the Harvard Business Review - What So Many People Don't Get about the U.S. Working Class?

Biggest issue is they forgot to say WHITE working class right upfront but otherwise, I found this fascinating and a way to try to understand what was going on in their minds. I don't agree with their decision to support Trump, but the first steps to fixing any problem is understanding both sides, right?

And, of course, these are not the only people that voted for Trump, but this is the group getting the bulk of the blame.

Decent comments too! I mean, some people are just angry, but others have good points about the article, other issues, and where they disagree but still relatively civil!

I've added a safety pin to my work lanyard as a silent protest and a nod to anyone who feels unsafe in these times.

Comments

[rhoda-rants.livejournal.com]

I've been reading stuff like that too, and I do understand their frustration. So many people are in similar situations, and I do get why they voted the way they did.

Problem is, Trump's running mate wants people like me brainwashed and tortured, and he's filling the cabinet with people who can actually make that a reality. That's the one thing I cannot get past.

Here's where I am: we need to help each other, because the government we're getting right now isn't going to help any of us. Even the ones who voted him in. I'm wearing my safety pin too. There are a couple of families who come to Storytime on the regular who wear head scarves. I haven't seen them in a while and I really hope they're okay.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

Yeah...what is that line from Lord of the Rings? About Sauron gathering all the evil around him? I mean, it was one thing to pick Pence as a running make, which was disgusting, but now the announcement of his "strategist" and so on, it just getting worse.

And it still goes back to that packaged deal of racism/sexism etc. that I linked in my previous post - I know they are hurting and times are tough, but why would you support someone who has said so many hateful things unless you agree with them on some level?

(and bonus, my manager just sniped at our volunteers for making a comment that "only protestors will be at Trump's inauguration because Republicans have to work". She stopped right in her tracks, look at him and told him that was completely inappropriate. He tried to laugh it off and she just gave him a death glare.)

[rhoda-rants.livejournal.com]

Yeah, all the people he's surrounding himself with are horrible. He seems to have walked back some of his plans to obliterate Obamacare (now that he knows what's in it...Jesus...do your homework, guy), and told his supporters to knock it off with the racial attacks, but it's way, way too little too late.

Good for your manager. That volunteer needs to shut the hell up and think about what he did. You can fire volunteers, right?