A simple request going forward [View all]

[BaronChocula]

I’ve never seen in any post on this site comments such as:
“White people should know by now the republican party is not on their side.”
“White people who vote republican will get what they deserve.”
“I don’t know how white people can vote for republicans.”
“When will whites learn that the republican party hates them?”

I have seen countless posts with similar comments regarding slivers of minority groups that may tend to vote for the rapist. Please stop, especially if you aren’t part of that community.

We seem to accept it as a part of life that white Americans are politically split. That somehow seems normal to us. But for some reason, many expect darker folks in America to be a more united political front and get indignant when it doesn’t happen.

So here lies the meat of the ask. If you don’t demand your own community to be a monolith, stop expecting other communities to be a monolith to make up for it. It’s completely hypocritical and hypocrisy is one of the pillars of racism. Even though it’s not done out of malice, it still makes things a little less welcoming around here.

Yes, I realize the shallow appeals the republican party makes to white people and how some Whites fall for those appeals. I know this is the expansion of the Southern Strategy that was begun by republicans to welcome southern Democratic bigots into their tent. I know how racial politicking works. Remember, republicans also make shallow appeals that attract certain nonwhites. In both cases it’s just a fact of life that we have to deal with, even through the frustration of these last few days of the Election.

Thank you for understanding.