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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump voters say racism against white Americans is a bigger problem than racism against Blacks
As public support for reparations for African Americans remains stubbornly low, a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll reveals one major roadblock: Donald Trump voters believe that racism against white Americans has become a bigger problem than racism against Black Americans.
The survey of 1,638 U.S. adults, which was conducted from July 13-17, shows that among 2020 Trump voters, 62% say that racism against Black Americans is a problem today while 73% say that racism against white Americans is a problem.
Asked how much of a problem racism currently is, just 19% of Trump voters describe racism against Black Americans as a big problem. Twice as many (37%) say racism against white Americans is a big problem.
Trump voters and self-identified Republicans overlapping but not identical cohorts are the only demographic groups identified by Yahoo News and YouGov who are more likely to say racism against white Americans is a problem than to say the same about racism against Black Americans. A majority (51%) of white Americans, for instance, think racism against people who look like them is a problem but overall, far more white Americans (72%) say racism against Black Americans is a problem.
https://news.yahoo.com/poll-trump-voters-racism-white-americans-problem-black-reparations-politics-090038973.html
Or maybe these Trumpers are discriminated against because they're mind numbingly stupid.
LakeArenal
(29,949 posts)Perpetually. Irrationally. Seditiously.
Diamond_Dog
(41,046 posts)To give an example of how racism against white people has negatively impacted their lives, Ill bet they couldnt come up with one.
lame54
(40,087 posts)The Magistrate
(96,043 posts)It cannot be supported by any rational examination of facts.
The nearest thing to real meaning which might be extracted from it amounts to this:
Everything I see around me which differs from the small town white past I am nostalgic for is an act of discrimination against white people, because it prevents white people from living in that past where only white people like me mattered.
Takket
(23,802 posts)Im white and I can honestly say i have not experienced racism.
DBoon
(25,146 posts)The word is "loser"
canuckledragger
(1,992 posts)What the MAGAts call 'racism against white people', (as they typically pretend to be victims) is what the rest of us call accountability and consequences for their racism against dark skinned folks.
The crybabies just can't handle it when they are stood up to and called out.
no_hypocrisy
(55,377 posts)1. You're worried about no longer being the majority demographic in country, likely in all parts within a decade.
2. You want to be in control even if you're now the "Minority".
3. You're worried about what past Minorities will do to you when they're in the Majority.
4. There will be laws regularly enforced against lynching, racist antics, red-lining properties, you know, discrimination.
5. You feel discriminated against as a white person? It's nothing compared to the era between the time that African-Americans were kidnapped, died on ships, sold into slavery, whipped for no reason, watched their children get sold, their spouses get raped and/or sold, and then Jim Crowe and lynchings. You have no idea how discrimination defines your life 24/7/365
Biophilic
(6,680 posts)But whatever you do dont ask them for an example. Theyll just say, See, thats an example of racism against white people, always asking us for an example of our complaints.
underpants
(197,177 posts)This is drilled into their heads.
malaise
(297,940 posts)That is all
LetMyPeopleVote
(182,024 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,276 posts)Are these people who voted for TFG or are they people that would vote for a dishrag if it had an "R" after the name?
The loss of swing voters cost him '20. So, this could be the opinion of a fringe. 62% of 20% is still less than 1 in 8.
ProudMNDemocrat
(20,982 posts)You make me laugh at your stupidity and white privilege cultist views..
roamer65
(37,974 posts)Poor widdle MAGAt snowflakes got their fee fees stepped on.
DemocraticPatriot
(5,410 posts)Probably because I am not.
Chakaconcarne
(2,799 posts)Initech
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