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Post Election Thoughts: White People
White folks, both Liberal and Conservative, are proving their insensitivities towards communities of color
Much has been discussed regarding who voted for whom in this past election. Talking heads at big media were intently focused on the Black vote or the Latino vote. If it wasn’t about the bump in Black support for Trump, it was about Cubans and Venezuelans in Miami or Puerto Ricans in Central Florida or the largely Mexican population in one county along the Texas/Mexico border.
What they always fail to discuss is how White voters still control our elections. White voters assert their dominance in America’s population in every single election. Communities of color are largely Liberal along with a good portion of White America. But if White people don’t address the insurgence among them, America will never see any change. I’m not saying conservatism is insurgent but it has largely drifted farther to the right embracing new levels of bigotry.
When people jump the gun and blame Trump for this neo-extremism it shows the lack of thought put behind the claim. While Trump embraced the mainstream hate in America, and yes, exacerbated it, it was here long before he was. What was once considered fringe (it never really was) has become in your face mainstream hate. But America has faced this level of hate before.
