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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTim WISE *nailed* DRUMPF's dog whistling on racism
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http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/anti-racism-expert-explains-trumps-scapegoating-appeal-to-whites-and-it-will-give-you-chills/
[font size=5]Anti-racism expert explains Trumps scapegoating appeal to whites and it will give you chills[/font]
.... If the only reason for Trumps support was economic anxiety then people of color should be flocking to Trump, Wise told CNNs Brian Stelter. Because black folks, for instance, are twice as likely to be out of work as white folks, three times as likely to be poor, have 1/15 the net worth, nine years less life expectancy in large part due to economic inequality. ....
Wise likened Trumps rhetoric to Southerners [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]who say that the Civil War wasnt about slavery, its about states rights.[/FONT]
Yeah, but the right you were fighting for was [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]the right to own people[/FONT], he noted. So when the folks in the Trump camp say its not about race, Well, I like the fact that [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]he says whats on his mind. Yeah, but you like that he says things about[/FONT] Mexicans and about the Chinese and about black activists in the streets protesting police brutality and he says things about Muslims.
In fact, all of those things that people say Trump is about economics, the straight-shooting, straight-talking guy all of that still comes back to his perspective on [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]othering[/FONT] other people and saying, Theyre your threat, theyre the ones who endanger your job, theyre the ones who are to blame for your lack of safety in the streets.' ....
How many in the media have asked Donald Trump or any of his key supporters, Hey what does that hat mean?' he wondered. Youre wearing [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]this hat that says Make America Great Again[/FONT] when exactly was America great? And not just for white men with money like Donald Trump.
[FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]Name a year for me[/FONT] because I want to know Because any year you pick is not going to be a great one for anyone but the dominant group.
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