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In reply to the discussion: Damon Young, [theroot]"I will never forgive white people for Donald Trump" [View all]Caliman73
(11,736 posts)...possibly to the point they would pout and stay home?
Race and racism is a sensitive topic and one in which the White majority that holds most of the economic and social power has not dealt with on any deep level. Those unresolved issues can be used to drive wedges between coalitions of people who have certain common aims but deep seated differences. When you grow up being told that you are "other" that you and people like you are inferior and have less power just because of the color of your skin, your gender, or your surname, you start to understand that the system, which is made up of the choices of those with more power, is unfair. You want to demand justice but you are told to wait, and wait, and wait until the time is right, but it is rarely ever right. Some people become upset and disenchanted with the way things are.
Exploiting differences is effective if the group in power wants to plug their ears and ignore the valid criticism. We all know that Trump is a racist, sexist, xenophobe and maybe voting against that maybe is enough to vote against, the problem is that people want something to vote for as well.
It is difficult to accept blanket statements about a group of diverse people. Like I said in my response, this is something that women and people of color have had to deal with all of our lives. If it feels divisive to you right now, how do you think it feels to people who have been dealing with it all of their lives?
Okay. I answered your question. Are you going to answer the questions I asked? If not then it isn't worth continuing this discussion.