NP - It Was the Racism (not economics)

[Atticus Pinecone]

Thanks. 

Seems largely the same. It has a link to a paper about racism, which is pretty interesting. 

Still have a problem with generalizing whites as racist. Some of my best friends are white.

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> On Nov 20, 2017, at 6:02 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Read the analysis of the data linked into the Mother Jones Blog post from a NYT Opp-Ed by Thomas Edsall:
> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/opinion/trump-white-voting.html?_r=0
> 
> Kevin Drum:
> 
> "Thomas Edsall, who consistently writes some of the most thought-provoking analysis around, takes a look at some of the data that’s now starting to trickle out and presents us with this chart that compares the 2012 and 2016 elections.  [...]
> 
> In most places, even those that are heavily white, the red trendline is below zero, which means 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."
> 
>> On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 4:44 PM, Atticus Pinecone <atticuspinecone at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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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