There's much racism in this country. Two-thirds of people don't have college degrees. Hold two thoughts in your head—or lose every election.
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Replying to @zeynep
Tell you what won't work: dropping anti-racism, to pander. If someone's really after white-identity only, they'll pick the real thing.
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Replying to @zeynep
But the idea that no people will ever vote for their perceived economic interest because they aren't there on culture/identity? Nonsense.
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Replying to @jitterbug212 @zeynep
Are those economic interests, personal health, safety *for black people?*
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Replying to @AmeliaNGibson @jitterbug212
My own point would be some people voted for Obama despite far from being completely enlightened anti-racists+
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And that class/economic issues are not limited to "white" working class as people have been portraying.
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Replying to @zeynep @jitterbug212
Yes. This is why the dichotomy is tempting though. No other working class group voted that way. Or did they?
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Replying to @AmeliaNGibson @jitterbug212
There appears that there were, indeed, more POC who voted Trump (compared with Romney) because of econ issues+
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Also, in a lot of places, it appears substantial number of (twice) Obama voters switched to Trump. Go figure.
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My argument: don't ever drop racism, don't pander but don't use that as excuse to ignore economic concerns +
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especially since communities of color have really been doing disproportionately worse since 2008 debacle.
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