NP - It Was the Racism (not economics)

[Atticus Pinecone]

Right, what's the link there? White people feel that way? There's no poll. Seems like a bit of a leap. 

And NPR told me it was dumb poor white people voting for Trump...

I've been reading MJ for almost a decade, they've taken a weird turn ever since this last election :^(

> On Nov 20, 2017, at 4:55 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Um, the article said this:
> 
> "Anger, fear and animosity toward immigrants and minorities"
> 
> That's his thesis.  Makes sense to me.  "Economic Anxiety" was just an excuse.
> 
> David Morris
> 
>> On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 2:16 PM, Atticus Pinecone <atticuspinecone at gmail.com> wrote:
>> How does racism work in? Their skin color? 
>> 
>>> On Nov 20, 2017, at 2:52 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2017/11/heres-how-the-residents-of-super-white-america-voted-in-2016/
>>> 
>>> "In most places, even those that are heavily white, Trump won a smaller share of the vote than Romney did. The only places where he outperformed Romney were in the very whitest suburbs and small towns.
>>> 
>>> Put another way, anger, fear and animosity toward immigrants and minorities was most politically potent in the communities most insulated from these supposed threats."
>>> 
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>>> 
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