Reza AslanVerified account

race is symptom of underlying problems, had it been the root cause Obama would not have ever been elected *two* terms.

It's the white narrative of so called protest-voters. They're trying to call the rise of right wing populism anything than #racism.

it's also internalized patriarchy. I see this in India all the time as well. They can't think beyond the "powerful man" figure.

.@rezaaslan @iyad_elbaghdadi I do not understand this at all! What woman in her right mind would vote for such a person? Unbelievable.

.@rezaaslan Sure, it's not about race.

@iyad_elbaghdadi this 46 year old white woman did not.cant say I am terribly shocked, though. I have few friends.

@iyad_elbaghdadi dem turnout was the killer. Hundreds of thousands more dems voted in MI, WA and Penn in 2012.

One thing is clear… if anyone tries to use "but meritocracy!" to oppose fairness policies, Trump undermines this argument forever

it is, but it is mostly about this:https://twitter.com/jaibtarash/status/796483050498494465 …

@iyad_elbaghdadi Hillary & Donald are both white. This is a vulgar point also.

yes, I did.

@iyad_elbaghdadi White people voting for #Trump does not explain 6.8M less voted for #HillaryClinton than @BarackObama in 2012.

He won more blacks and latinos than Romney did and those white people voted for Obama twice. I think there are deeper issues here

@iyad_elbaghdadi you are so desperate to make this a race issue.. yet you claim Trump is the divisive one

I used to have faith in women, those voting for DJT destroyed that faith. How could a woman vote for a misogynistic bully? #notmypresident