2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDonald Trump Doesn't Understand White People
Positively or negatively, right or left, most white Americans would rather not talk about race at all. Want to make a group of white people uncomfortable? Mention anything that remotely has anything to do with race. Just ask Cam Newton. The more a presidential candidate talks about race, the more uncomfortable white people are going to get. Not liberal white voters with Black Lives Matter T-shirts who cried through season 4 of The Wire. Not racist conservatives who get excited every time they hear the Build that wall chant.
http://www.theroot.com/articles/politics/2016/08/donald-trump-doesnt-understand-white-people/
Now, there are plenty of other groups that have a complete misunderstanding of people and how they operate. If you find yourself posting at places that use catch phrases like "let's take our country back!", I hope you realize that that means "take our country back from minorities and women and whomever is not a white man."
African American outreach this past year and a half has felt more like an attack on us that is scary, and a set racially motivated attacks. It takes a lot more than loud words to reach black voters, or aggressive positions, or telling us how poor we are and how we are going to be white savioured. I appreciate Hillary for calling this shit out for the past year.
Gothmog
(145,046 posts)AllTooEasy
(1,260 posts)First of all, he easily won the nomination of a party that can't win any racial demographic besides Whites. Based on the Repuke's delegate scorecard, one must conclude that he figured out "modern" Whites perfectly.
Secondly, what is a "modern" White person? I'm Black, 45, and have lived in White neighborhoods around the country all my life. I haven't seen any difference since the 70s, just better dog whistles, code words, and fake smiles.
Third, how is:
"full of angry, disaffected white people who want their country back and view blacks, Latinos, Asians and Arabs as
cultural invaders and job competitors"
...and...
"dont want to talk about race"
mutually exclusive?! They don't want to talk about race, because they know that they can't be honest about their racial anger/hatred, disaffected/paranoid feelings, wanting their country back(from whom?), fear of "cultural invaders", and the imaginary "racial job competition".
Trump didn't win the Republican(White) nomination because he didn't talk about race. He won because he did. If Trump doesn't understand the modern(?) White person, then I and every non-White person I know must be absolutely clueless too.
rbrnmw
(7,160 posts)called that nasty orange clown right out on his bullshit. She put his clown ass in it's proper place.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)mcar
(42,287 posts)Thanks, and nice to see you around these parts!
sheshe2
(83,708 posts)I have missed your voice here, bravenak.
Tell it girl.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)after that thing that happened here in real life I needed to chill. I'm still upset.
sheshe2
(83,708 posts)Some of us have been talking, we may be narrowing it down. Pretty sure they are going after others here.
It is pretty sad and pathetic.
Love you.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)We wont let this person keep us silent, fuck that
sheshe2
(83,708 posts)Also if they can find us, we can find them.
Chin up sweets!
BooScout
(10,406 posts)Just keeping an eye on that area of the world.
sheshe2
(83,708 posts)Campaigning there on the 31st!
BooScout
(10,406 posts)That needs his ass handed to him on a plate. Ya think Hillary has a couple of free minutes to chat with him?
Maru Kitteh
(28,333 posts)Last edited Fri Aug 26, 2016, 06:29 PM - Edit history (1)
Wait, isn't there a Baltimore, Ohio? Problem solved.
ETA,
You know on second thought, it looks like a friend of ours parents lived in Baltimore! I've decided to keep an eye on the Nati instead!
brer cat
(24,544 posts)Glad you are back with us. I especially liked "how we are going to be white savioured." Nice one!
bravenak
(34,648 posts)If Trump is going to save us black folks, we might as well all just jump into the sea and drown ourselves. safer that way.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)I have been thinking about you this week and was going to pm you tonight. Good to see you. I just catapaulted that article into the twitter machine.
Hope all is well with you and yours. Much love and good vibes headed your way.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)mercuryblues
(14,526 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)so damn true
johnp3907
(3,730 posts)BobbyDrake
(2,542 posts)How "progressive" of them, huh?
sheshe2
(83,708 posts)synergie
(1,901 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)betsuni
(25,441 posts)comes right out and calls Hillary Clinton a bigot. It's ... vulgar. The bourgeoisie do not care for this. I imagine it's like anything else: affairs, addictions, secrets. Keep it discreet and there will be gossip, but to parade around in public and shove such unpleasantness right under everyone's noses, well, that's upsetting.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)She looked like she could not believe he went there
BooScout
(10,406 posts)A most excellent post as always!
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,333 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)good to see you too