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JHan

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27. I disagree... minorities are blamed for their lot in life..

Tue Feb 21, 2017, 08:20 PM

Feb 2017

Consistently.

Throughout the election, the pain of "salt of the earth" people*, the concerns of the white working class ( as though working class people of color don't exist) were prioritized over others. Soul searching narratives were written trying to explain the Trump voter, and their world views.

Tahesi Coates said it better than I ever could. ....white grievance, no matter how ill-founded, can never be humiliating nor disqualifying. On the contrary, it is a right to be respected at every level of American society from the beer-hall to the penthouse to the newsroom.

And also: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/06/trumps-rhetoric-of-white-nostalgia/485192/

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This is some bitter truth.. [View all] JHan Feb 2017 OP

Well now--Trump did promise to help the inner cities. But how is the question. riversedge Feb 2017 #1

The greatest detail he's given about inner cities is talk of "law and order".. JHan Feb 2017 #3

Right. Didn't he hint at sending the National Guard into Chicago? Tanuki Feb 2017 #4

I think he said "the Feds" NewJeffCT Feb 2017 #15

The way he used "feds" was interesting - JHan Feb 2017 #16

i believe he can call up the guard. mopinko Feb 2017 #25

It would have to be something like that because state governors control their National Guards... brush Feb 2017 #42

"How" is not really a Repub strong suit... Wounded Bear Feb 2017 #8

"Trickle down mythology..." HopeAgain Feb 2017 #12

With more law enforcement. wildeyed Feb 2017 #30

Stop 'n Frisk should do it. Dream Girl Feb 2017 #41

One of the US foundational myths. guillaumeb Feb 2017 #2

yup Afromania Feb 2017 #5

"pulled myself up by my bootstraps" .. ... JHan Feb 2017 #18

You hit upon it, the rural poor and unemployed urban dwellers have a the same problem. No jobs. brush Feb 2017 #43

So sadly harsh but true. lark Feb 2017 #6

Same goes for all the "concern" about the "recent" drug epidemic. malchickiwick Feb 2017 #7

They are clueless askyagerz Feb 2017 #9

Welcome to DU askyagerz progressoid Feb 2017 #19

Thanks askyagerz Feb 2017 #31

welcome! :) JHan Feb 2017 #24

Thanks askyagerz Feb 2017 #33

I am glad you were able to escape that culture lunasun Feb 2017 #52

Kick,Kick,Kicked&Recommended!! coco22 Feb 2017 #10

K&R Quayblue Feb 2017 #11

ignore past decades of redlining. lead used in their 'ghettos'. bootstraps? after amputating pansypoo53219 Feb 2017 #13

K&R ck4829 Feb 2017 #14

K&R ismnotwasm Feb 2017 #17

there is a thread in GD which is really making me so fucKing angrry JI7 Feb 2017 #20

I don't get all the navel gazing and tone policing over outright hate. smh JHan Feb 2017 #22

I read that one heaven05 Feb 2017 #54

Thank you for Tim Wise, JHan Cha Feb 2017 #21

he is totally on point JHan Feb 2017 #23

I'm not so sure that's true. Honeycombe8 Feb 2017 #26

I disagree... minorities are blamed for their lot in life.. JHan Feb 2017 #27

drugs is another area. the reaction to drug use among black people JI7 Feb 2017 #35

I just don't think that's true. Honeycombe8 Feb 2017 #46

no, i see the difference clearly. drug use among blacks was treated different than among whites JI7 Feb 2017 #47

well if drug addiction/use heaven05 Feb 2017 #53

That was only for Trump's campaign. Not Hillary's. Honeycombe8 Feb 2017 #48

I shared those links to point out how much the concern over the WWC took priority in the election.. JHan Feb 2017 #49

would we have gotten the same sympathy forjusticethunders Feb 2017 #55

You expressed my thoughts on this exactly. Well said! iluvtennis Feb 2017 #28

K&R brer cat Feb 2017 #29

Katrina shadowmayor Feb 2017 #32

news story at the time described white people as "finding" JI7 Feb 2017 #34

I helped clean up in New Orleans shadowmayor Feb 2017 #36

yeah, when you look at everything the lies from brian williams JI7 Feb 2017 #37

Thank you for that viewpoint. And for helping! FailureToCommunicate Feb 2017 #39

I remember General Honore. He took charge and told those troops to stop training their weapons on... brush Feb 2017 #45

Yes, that is the bitter truth. nt raccoon Feb 2017 #38

Sums it up. BumRushDaShow Feb 2017 #40

I'm so sick of hearing about rural voters. Initech Feb 2017 #44

K & R Chitown Kev Feb 2017 #50

K & R!!!! 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2017 #51

Dayum dayum dayum DAYUM!!! Number23 Feb 2017 #56

hey, you! kwassa Feb 2017 #57