One of the many things I love about being black - no Trump family members at Thanksgiving

[EffieBlack]

One of the really nice things about being black, is the fact that the odds have worked in my favor and I don't have to worry about any Trumpster family at Thanksgiving dinner.

In fact, unlike the ordeals I see described by so many of my white friends and acquaintances who are struggling to get through these days they must spend with MAGA family members, family holidays for me represent a wonderful, comfortable and safe respite from the madness. NONE of us can stand Trump and the only thing we disagree on is how long it will be before he's gone.

The dearth of black Trump supporters and the fact that most white people who marry into a black family are unlikely to be Trump fans means that we don't have to deal with any crazy Trump mess over the holidays - even if a random MAGA cult member happened to slip in and tried to start some sh*t, they'd get laughed away from the table so fast, they wouldn't know what hit them.

Trust me - you don't know shame until you've been laughed at loud as hell by everyone at Grandma's dinner table. And the only reason you'd still get any dinner at all - probably in the living room on a tv tray - is because Grandma tells everyone "Now, y'all leave that poor child alone. He never did have the sense God gave a string bean, but he DOES need to eat something."

[uponit7771]

1. K&R, and if they were in secret they have hear fact based reports about him

[ismnotwasm]

2. K&R

[MLAA]

3. May I join you next year? I can bring some wonderful veggie dishes!

[EffieBlack]

6. Of course!

[sprinkleeninow]

29. Us too/two?! I bring your hearts' desires in food! But you need to promise

tunes--Smooth R&B and Classic Old School for jammin'! 😍

[TEB]

8. Green bean casserole

[MLAA]

58. Consider it done😉. And enough for everyone to take home leftovers.

[NurseJackie]

4. Ha!

[ADX]

5. Just another one of many reasons...

...why Black is so beautiful.

I thank God for having made me so.

[Wintryjade]

7. Omg, Effie. So true. Ha, thanks for pointing that out.

[sheshe2]

9. Love your Grandma!

[MrScorpio]

10. Bingo!

It’s makes the holiday that much better

[MaryMagdaline]

11. Thank you for sharing, EffieBlack

Glad there is solidarity and love (and sanity) in your family. Happy Thanksgiving!🍁

[haele]

12. Unfortunatly, our elderly Black neighbor is a Drumpf supporter.

He's a God, Guns, and Fetus Rights type of guy who did well for himself in the Army and can't understand why all these "coddled little hoodlums" around here don't straighten up and do what he did.

He also doesn't like the large number of East African refugees who are majority Muslim in the immediate neighborhood.

According to our other neighbors, he also didn't like the previous owner (also Black) of our home who did a lot of ad-hoc Veteran's Outreach for homeless, PTSD, or former addicts and there were always several Vets with problems around who were using the place as a halfway house for a couple months at a time.

It's an odd situation for us, treating him with the same friendly caution we treated a former neighbor who was a mostly drunk gun-nut Creationist back when we lived in East County.

Haele

[cagefreesoylentgreen]

37. Three of my coworkers fit that description

Nothing more depressing and enraging than walking in on a conversation between two highly educated African American men blaming Obama for racism.

[Corvo Bianco]

13. Thanks to your grandma that's the way to do it.

I love these stories that remind me some families don't cater to the angriest cowboy in the room. Something better to believe in and aspire to.

[dameatball]

14. That's like Thanksgiving and Christmas at the same time!

[JustAnotherGen]

15. I really do love it

Our arguments center around who is more liberal!

[Hortensis]

16. Congratulations. Love your grandma and admire the

strong, stabilizing center she provides. It sounds like she does not allow rampant political foolishness and bigotry to pass without being slapped down at her table. She's a real gift to her family, and so obviously is her family to her.

[Hamlette]

17. lol

hell of a price and all that but still, made me laugh

[JHan]

18. "Now, y'all leave that poor child alone. He never did have the sense God gave a string bean,...

but he DOES need to eat something... " Yes!

and if anyone ever acted out of timing bad, you'll hear "you ain't worth the salt in your bread" - a warning to desist all fuckery.

[kimbutgar]

19. My family is multiracial we all hate the orange maggot

My cousin’s husband parents and sisters are orange maggot supporters. He is dreading Xmas and as glad to be with us sane people. His parents don’t want to talk about the maggot anymore but his sister is a solid maga. And his brother is also a non maggot supporter who has trouble understanding why their parents and sister are maga cult members.

That said, I know 3 black middle class people who are maga cult members.

[pazzyanne]

20. Lucky you!

Love your Grandma's philosophy!

[rickyhall]

21. Exactly why I hang out with brown friends at work!

[cyndensco]

22. Right?! We discussed that yesterday at the dinner table.

We agreed we could not imagine breaking bread with - or worse, having a family member - who supported trump.

Still, we tried to avoid trump talk. Even though we equally despise him, the stress level increases with the mention of his name.

[MineralMan]

23. Good point!

[TlalocW]

24. It honestly feels to me (as a white guy) that we rely on Black people too much without

Giving them credit or doing things back in appreciation - especially in the political realm, but if the Black community is willing to take on the additional load, I could see, "Black Families Host a White Liberal for Thanksgiving," Program being a tremendous success while Trump is in office.

Although, a "Black Families Host a White Conservative Who Has to Shut Up and Just Eat," Program would at least expose conservatives to another mindset and maybe do some good .

TlalocW

[EffieBlack]

32. Lol!

[GoCubsGo]

25. Wish I could give you a seoond rec just for the quote from your grandma.

[secondwind]

26. Oh how right you are, and how LUCKY! K&R

[LiberalFighter]

27. It is not impossible but more likely improbable. Lucky you.

[greatauntoftriplets]

28. We only had two -- my nephew and my brother-in-law.

I was thankful that they didn't get into their usual gun conversation during dinner, and that my nephew didn't wear his AR-15 T-shirt. My brother-in-law choked briefly when I said that I am thankful that in January, Nancy Pelosi will be third in line for the presidency.

[marble falls]

47. Second, only an indictment away from second. Hell, if Manafort is to be believed about Putin ...

choosing Pence, she's a shoe in.

[greatauntoftriplets]

49. At least I learned that it scares the bejesus out of Replublicans.

[marble falls]

50. And best of all there is no arguement against it, only denial!

[greatauntoftriplets]

51. Thankfully!

[sprinkleeninow]

30. God Grant your Gram Many and Blessed Years in Health and Happiness!

[Jimvanhise]

31. Sadly, there are conservative black Trump supporters

-- This ten minute segment on Youtube features black conservatives who really liked Dinesh D'souza's pro-Trump movie death of a nation (the film which 99% of film critics refused to touch because of how odious they find D'Souza). The comments on that video are disturbing. They either don't know or don't care that the American Spectator magazine (a conservative publication) labeled the film "right wing porn" and that D'souza himself was banned from the 2018 Conservative Political Action Convention after he verbally attacked the Parkland School survivors political activities.

[questionseverything]

39. yep unfortuenately the reason hillary lost is the 11% of the

black male vote that trump got

[druidity33]

53. or maybe the 30% who didn't vote? jeez...

There are a lot of places to place blame... but the 11% of black males that voted for trump is lowest on the list. How about the 60 something % of white males that did vote for him? Or the 53% of white women? Or the voter suppression? Or the Comey letter? Damn, I'm debating whether your comment is flaggable...

[whathehell]

67. Either will do,

but, yes, there is lots of blame to go around.

For what it's worth, every stat I've read puts the Black male Trump vote at 13% not 11% and, that's not the "lowest" -- The lowest percentage of Trump voters were Black women at 6%.

[EffieBlack]

56. So, black men are the the only group required to vote 100% Democratic?

in order to save the country from the 53% if white women and majority of white men who voted for Trump?

It's long past time for white voters to take responsibility for their own choices and stop expecting black folk to be America's Magic Negroes.

[JI7]

66. +

and at least black people don't make excuses for those who are right wing. look at how kanye and dennis rodman were ridiculed by the black community .

while white people usually make excuses and blame nafta or some shit.

[Ms. Toad]

63. You didn't just blame Clinton losing on blacks, did you?

[whathehell]

68. Eveeyone who voted for Trump

or who opted to not vote, shares part of the blame.

[TxDemChem]

33. Those were my thoughts this Thanksgiving

For the last 3 Thanksgivings and 2 Christmases, we have hosted at our house and we’ve never had any drama. Can’t say the same for my next door neighbors. There was a lot of arguing in their backyard last night.

[Jimvanhise]

34. My mistake, it was The American Conservative magazine

They labeled the film "right wing porn." https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/dinesh-dsouza-right-wing-political-porn/

[Turbineguy]

35. We had no trumpsters at our Thanksgiving dinner.

Yes, indeed.

It was nice too.

[H2O Man]

36. Recommended.

Very nice! I like the part about a string bean especially.

I had both black and white family here yesterday. No Trump supporters. It was a relaxed gathering. My older son did almost all of the food preparation.

[jrthin]

38. I cracked up when I saw this. Too funny and too true. Definitely no

trump supporters at our table.

[Progressive Jones]

40. K & R !!! This is a gem!

[oberliner]

41. College Student Claiming to Be a Black Republican Tricked Trump Supporters into Giving Her Money

Everyone loves a good sob story, regardless of political persuasion. It’s a natural human tendency that one college student took advantage of, to viral results.

Known simply as “reformed republican” on Twitter and Quran in real life, the student started her story by tweeting on Oct. 27 that she was tired of pretending to be something she’s not.

“I will not hide any longer, the left has made us feel as if us black republicans should hide!! but not anymore!! #BlacksForTrump #WalkAway #maga,” she captioned a picture of herself wearing a Make America Great Again bucket hat.

Shortly after, some Trump fans showed their support for her online, prompting Quran to write more about what she described as her family struggles as a result of her political beliefs. She claimed that her parents had cut her off financially and asked, “If you can find it in your hearts to help this young, black Republican pay for school it would be appreciated.”

...

But, as it turns out, it was all a ruse, the student revealed in another tweet a few hours later.

“Trump is a racist, homophobic, transphobic, bigot AND YOU THINK MY BLACK A— WOULD SUPPORT THAT ROTTING CARROT?? ridiculous. any black person can put on that ugly a— hat and say #MAGA and yall will instantly be up their a— cuz you wanna prove so hard you’re not racist,” she wrote.

https://people.com/politics/college-student-black-republican-trump-supporters-money/

[marble falls]

43. I'm not certain what your concern is with that story. What's your point?

[oberliner]

44. I thought it was funny and that folks would get a kick out it

It seemed in keeping with the theme of the OP.

[marble falls]

42. I'm beginning to understand Rachel Dolezal a little better.

[BumRushDaShow]

45. K&R!

Me and my BIL have some great political conversations and there are not only no Drumpsters, but no Republicans either. Period. End of story.

[Cha]

46. Sounds Wonderful! Even

though there are no trump idiots in my circle of family and friends!

[Tavarious Jackson]

48. Amen to that.

I don't even know any Trump supporters. They're not around me at all. No where. I did have 2 facebook Trump people but I blocked them in 2016.

[Afromania]

52. You forgot the part where mr tv tray gets both a blessing and subtle rebuke during the

end of gathering prayer circle....... or was that just my particular family

[mcar]

54. We're visiting our son and his SO in DC

A mixed group, skin color wise, was at dinner. Met my hopefully soon to be DIL'S mother for the first time.

Nary a Trump humper in the house. All Democrats. It was the best!

[Kajun Gal]

55. I am white. Best friend is black. Woulda rathered spent the day with her family!

In HER family I am accepted as her "white sista". I love them!

[Tarheel_Dem]

57. "He never did have the sense God gave a string bean, but he DOES need to eat something."

Lord, I miss my Grandma's.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

59. K&R. Happy Thanksgiving!

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

60. There is only one thing that can save a Thanksgiving dinner where Trumpistas are present.

Adele.

[c-rational]

61. Wonderful skit - thanks.

[FailureToCommunicate]

64. Thank you Adele, for saving our Thanksgiving!

[Nitram]

62. Dude, I envy you that!

Thanks for sharing, and happy Thanksgiving!

[whathehell]

65. Lol, you don't have to be black for that.. No one in my family

or that of Mr. Whathehell are Trumpers.

[UCmeNdc]

69. K&R

Saves you a lot of wasted time. Trumpeters do not want to hear intelligent arguments. They just want to yell slogans at you as reasons to support the idiot Trump. LOL! You are so lucky!

[burrowowl]

70. LOL

Doesn't have the sense God gave a string bean! Love it

[DFW]

71. I'm lily white, but had the same advantage

I live in Europe, am married to a European, and of the twenty people over here last night, the only one born in the USA was yours truly. The rest were from Germany, Austria and the Netherlands. Not a Trumpanzee in that crowd, either.

[sharedvalues]

72. My white liberal family has zero Trumpers

20 people. No Trumpers. No Fox allowed, no rightwing radio. We all get our news from real sources, so we all understand how the world works.

[coeur_de_lion]

73. Lucky you half my family

are trumpers.

I have no idea why. I will never know. I guess I don't want to know! Afraid of the answer.