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Originally posted by Achilles.
Hillary's supporters are called citizens of the United States of America. 
I would say that the majority of white people just don't understand how racism manifests today. They don't understand, know about, or believe in systematic oppression or environmental racism, for example. They're not racist in the "black people aren't human" kind of way, they just don't know (or care to know) about how the experiences of people of color differ from their own experiences.
Yeah, as long as the electoral college exists, we'll be stuck in a two party system. That just means that instead of developing more parties (far left, left, center, right, far right), the two sides will have to continue negotiating their platforms internally (far left and left compromising on Dem platform, far right and right compromising on GOP platform). A big problem with this is that it leaves little room for the center.
I feel like "moral / hot topic" issues (abortion, gay rights, climate change, healthcare, etc) will continue to be fought over for a long time—especially if the two parties continue moving further left and further right, respectively. If the only difference between the parties were economics and foreign policies, well... Those issues are too complex for the average American to easily comprehend, they're harder to pass moral judgment on, and they don't make such interesting news stories. |
So, I think you just proved me to be correct. As it's something I neither see nor experience, I can't speak on the issue. I've never had anyone really explain how his or her experience is different than mine on a specific case by case scenario for me to sympathize with the issue properly. All I can say is I'm sorry people experience racism or that sestimic racism exists.
P.S. anyone care to provide further insight on the issue? Id like to understand more about others experiences.
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