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bravenak

(34,648 posts)
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 05:59 PM Aug 2016

Donald Trump Doesn't Understand White People

Trump’s campaign team and most of the Republican Party since Barack Obama was elected don’t understand modern white America. They believe that America 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. While there may be some of those voters in some corners, there is an even more enduring, nonpartisan facet of white America that they are forgetting: White people don’t want to talk about race.

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.
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Donald Trump Doesn't Understand White People (Original Post) bravenak Aug 2016 OP
K&R Gothmog Aug 2016 #1
Bullshit: He understands "modern" White people perfectly AllTooEasy Aug 2016 #19
That speech she gave today, girl!!! rbrnmw Aug 2016 #2
She made me proud to stand with Her today. bravenak Aug 2016 #7
Me too rbrnmw Aug 2016 #15
A good, and true, read mcar Aug 2016 #3
hey! bravenak Aug 2016 #8
Glad to see you back for however long you decide to stay. sheshe2 Aug 2016 #4
Thank you girl, you now how stressful it can be. bravenak Aug 2016 #9
I know you are. sheshe2 Aug 2016 #12
Love you too. bravenak Aug 2016 #13
No we won't be silenced. sheshe2 Aug 2016 #14
I wonder what the weather is like in Ohio today? BooScout Aug 2016 #26
Hillary will be... sheshe2 Aug 2016 #29
I know someone that lives there... BooScout Aug 2016 #30
Hmmm. Baltimore? Or Ohio? So funny, I can never decide. Maru Kitteh Aug 2016 #31
Great post, bravenak. brer cat Aug 2016 #5
Nice to see you too! bravenak Aug 2016 #11
Hi, Brave. Skidmore Aug 2016 #6
Thank you. good vibes are desperately needed. plus I lost my ipad so... waiting on my insurance.. bravenak Aug 2016 #10
+1 mercuryblues Aug 2016 #16
That part bravenak Aug 2016 #25
What sheshe said in post #4! johnp3907 Aug 2016 #17
"If you find yourself posting at places that use catch phrases like "let's take our country back!"" BobbyDrake Aug 2016 #18
Ouch! sheshe2 Aug 2016 #20
They're not even pretending anymore, huh? synergie Aug 2016 #21
Must be cut from a similar cloth bravenak Aug 2016 #22
This is illustrated by that woman in Trump's audience who makes a face when he betsuni Aug 2016 #23
That was hilarious! bravenak Aug 2016 #24
K&R my friend! BooScout Aug 2016 #27
K&R Starry Messenger Aug 2016 #28
Just stopped by to K&R. This is a great post Bravenak Maru Kitteh Aug 2016 #32
Thank you! bravenak Aug 2016 #33

AllTooEasy

(1,260 posts)
19. Bullshit: He understands "modern" White people perfectly
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 09:13 PM
Aug 2016

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...
"don’t 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)
2. That speech she gave today, girl!!!
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 06:57 PM
Aug 2016

called that nasty orange clown right out on his bullshit. She put his clown ass in it's proper place.

sheshe2

(83,708 posts)
4. Glad to see you back for however long you decide to stay.
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 07:10 PM
Aug 2016

I have missed your voice here, bravenak.

Tell it girl.

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
9. Thank you girl, you now how stressful it can be.
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 07:39 PM
Aug 2016

after that thing that happened here in real life I needed to chill. I'm still upset.

sheshe2

(83,708 posts)
12. I know you are.
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 07:48 PM
Aug 2016

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.

BooScout

(10,406 posts)
30. I know someone that lives there...
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 12:45 PM
Aug 2016

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)
31. Hmmm. Baltimore? Or Ohio? So funny, I can never decide.
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 03:55 PM
Aug 2016

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)
5. Great post, bravenak.
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 07:29 PM
Aug 2016

Glad you are back with us. I especially liked "how we are going to be white savioured." Nice one!

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
11. Nice to see you too!
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 07:41 PM
Aug 2016

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)
6. Hi, Brave.
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 07:34 PM
Aug 2016

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)
10. Thank you. good vibes are desperately needed. plus I lost my ipad so... waiting on my insurance..
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 07:40 PM
Aug 2016

mercuryblues

(14,526 posts)
16. +1
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 08:10 PM
Aug 2016
African Americans lose plenty in America every single day for no other reason than driving, walking, eating, bank or praying while black. Don’t dare us to roll the dice on a candidate who’s got the Ku Klux Klan writing him thank-you cards
 

BobbyDrake

(2,542 posts)
18. "If you find yourself posting at places that use catch phrases like "let's take our country back!""
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 09:05 PM
Aug 2016


How "progressive" of them, huh?

betsuni

(25,441 posts)
23. This is illustrated by that woman in Trump's audience who makes a face when he
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 01:11 AM
Aug 2016

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.

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