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> They didn't ask you to define racism They raised the definition of racism by preemptively asserted that articles leveling “legitimate” accusations of racism

> They didn't ask you to define racism They raised the definition of racism by preemptively asserted that articles leveling “legitimate” accusations of racism wouldn’t count. For example, here’s an article trying to tie Trump’s growing support among minorities to “multiracial whiteness” and minorities “embrac[ing] white power movements.” From where I’m standing that sure seems like calling minority supporters of Trump white supremacists.

rayiner 1y ago
Forgot link https://www.npr.org/2021/01/24/960060957/understanding-multiracial-whiteness-and-trump-supporters https://www.npr.org/2021/01/24/960060957/understanding-multi...
- sofixa 1y ago
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  - rayiner 1y ago
    January 6 involved a multiracial band of wackjobs storming the capitol for reasons that had nothing to do with race or racism. Framing J6 as involving “multiracial white supremacy” is a great example of how NPR tries to make everything about white people being racist. In this case, NPR’s ideological blinders caused them to miss the real story. Racism in the country is decreasing, leading to less racial polarization in politics. Trump gained minority vote share in each election, culminating with winning a record number of minorities in 2024 for a republican in the modern era. The GOP is becoming an increasingly multiracial coalition united by distrust of institutions and experts, conspiracy theories, and memes.
    - jacquesm 1y ago
      > January 6 involved a multiracial band of wackjobs storming the capitol for reasons that had nothing to do with race or racism. Framing J6 as involving “multiracial white supremacy” is a great example of how NPR tries to make everything about white people being racist. Yes, there are dumb people and there are even dumber people. Even the KKK ha(d/s) black people in it. But who needs the KKK when you can just join the republican party. But let's see you determine the ratio of 'white people' (without saying whether they're racist or not) and people of color in this nice overview picture of the protests: https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/5625233/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/1440x960!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fafs-prod%2Fmedia%2Fc4d8b308263244fd9d3dbec87ce3b8fe%2F3000.jpeg https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/5625233/2147483647/str... I don't think that you're going to come to the conclusion that this was a 'multi racial band of wackjobs' and race and racism is more than likely a connecting factor between these people in spite of what you - against all available evidence - seem to want to continue to believe. A large majority of these people would most likely be happy to see you and your kids deported. > In this case, NPR’s ideological blinders caused them to miss the real story. It's not NPR whose ideological blinders caused them to miss the real story here. > The GOP is becoming an increasingly multiracial coalition united by distrust of institutions and experts, conspiracy theories, and memes. Experts are probably better to be trusted than distrusted. That includes such experts as Fauci and Powell. Conspiracy theories are just tools to get people riled up over bullshit that pushes their emotional buttons. Meanwhile, it is not a conspiracy theory that a bunch of people went pretty much all-in on trying to destroy democracy in the USA and for some weird reason you are cheering them on.
      - rayiner 1y ago
        > But let's see you determine the ratio of 'white people' (without saying whether they're racist or not) and people of color in this nice overview picture of the protests A picture shows a group of mostly white people in a majority-white country. They must be connected by racism! Thank you for perfectly illustrating my point about the NPR mentality. Also, the term “people of color” is more racist than anything that happened on J6 lol. It doesn’t reflect any anthropologically real concept, it’s simply propaganda created by democrats to promote an identity centered around supposed “oppression” to cultivate democratic political loyalty.

rayiner 1y ago

Forgot link https://www.npr.org/2021/01/24/960060957/understanding-multiracial-whiteness-and-trump-supporters https://www.npr.org/2021/01/24/960060957/understanding-multi...

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- rayiner 1y ago
  January 6 involved a multiracial band of wackjobs storming the capitol for reasons that had nothing to do with race or racism. Framing J6 as involving “multiracial white supremacy” is a great example of how NPR tries to make everything about white people being racist. In this case, NPR’s ideological blinders caused them to miss the real story. Racism in the country is decreasing, leading to less racial polarization in politics. Trump gained minority vote share in each election, culminating with winning a record number of minorities in 2024 for a republican in the modern era. The GOP is becoming an increasingly multiracial coalition united by distrust of institutions and experts, conspiracy theories, and memes.
  - jacquesm 1y ago
    > January 6 involved a multiracial band of wackjobs storming the capitol for reasons that had nothing to do with race or racism. Framing J6 as involving “multiracial white supremacy” is a great example of how NPR tries to make everything about white people being racist. Yes, there are dumb people and there are even dumber people. Even the KKK ha(d/s) black people in it. But who needs the KKK when you can just join the republican party. But let's see you determine the ratio of 'white people' (without saying whether they're racist or not) and people of color in this nice overview picture of the protests: https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/5625233/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/1440x960!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fafs-prod%2Fmedia%2Fc4d8b308263244fd9d3dbec87ce3b8fe%2F3000.jpeg https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/5625233/2147483647/str... I don't think that you're going to come to the conclusion that this was a 'multi racial band of wackjobs' and race and racism is more than likely a connecting factor between these people in spite of what you - against all available evidence - seem to want to continue to believe. A large majority of these people would most likely be happy to see you and your kids deported. > In this case, NPR’s ideological blinders caused them to miss the real story. It's not NPR whose ideological blinders caused them to miss the real story here. > The GOP is becoming an increasingly multiracial coalition united by distrust of institutions and experts, conspiracy theories, and memes. Experts are probably better to be trusted than distrusted. That includes such experts as Fauci and Powell. Conspiracy theories are just tools to get people riled up over bullshit that pushes their emotional buttons. Meanwhile, it is not a conspiracy theory that a bunch of people went pretty much all-in on trying to destroy democracy in the USA and for some weird reason you are cheering them on.
    - rayiner 1y ago
      > But let's see you determine the ratio of 'white people' (without saying whether they're racist or not) and people of color in this nice overview picture of the protests A picture shows a group of mostly white people in a majority-white country. They must be connected by racism! Thank you for perfectly illustrating my point about the NPR mentality. Also, the term “people of color” is more racist than anything that happened on J6 lol. It doesn’t reflect any anthropologically real concept, it’s simply propaganda created by democrats to promote an identity centered around supposed “oppression” to cultivate democratic political loyalty.