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Jeffrey C Goudy's avatar

As LBJ once pointed out. Give a poor ignorant white man somebody they can look down on and they will give you their last nickle

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VALERIE MELUSKEY's avatar

You are right about Trump's adoring voters. I would take it further: there is more racism alive in Americans than anyone imagines. Some are quite aware of their "prejudice." Many others assume that they are not racist, but I can discern many ways it shows up. For example, people take our sports teams excellence for granted, but often do not acknowledge that without the Black (and Brown) athletes, the excitement would be much "paler." Another example: assuming that Black girls and boys would not be competitive with whites in the academic world.

As an aside, Asian students have been pushed toward the STEM courses; in China, excellence in math and science is the determining factor for reward. Most are not educated in the Western literary classics, and Asian literature was not considered the mark of intellectual and cultural creative brilliance. Another aside: young Chinese students at Harvard tend to stick by themselves and speak in Chinese [A friend's son was invited to see if he'd like Harvard--he felt it was "unfriendly."] These scholars are not likely to truly love America, are they?

So, there's much to learn about Trump's voters and our racial groups in this amazing country. "Proud Boys" and "Oath Keepers" don't want to confront their lack of popularity and lovability in any group. Many are Incels and many are into child porn. They all get the feeling that Trump cares about them...why would they know any better? Thank you for addressing such a key issue.

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