America is outraged by Trump. People of color say, 'It's about time!'
On Saturday I tweeted out this question: "DT pussy comments were horrific, triggering etc. But so were his comments about the Central Park 5, Mexicans, Muslims, veterans, disabled."
Many Twitter users including Bill Simmons, the host of HBO's Any Given Wednesday, were also questioning the timing of the outrage.
"But seriously - why did it take today for people to turn on Trump? He's been horrible this whole time."
Julia Craven, a civil rights reporter for the Huffington Post pointed out one key element present in the outage over Trump's comments -- they include white women. "Trump's racism wasn't enough to get him shunned but his attack on white women was. Don't get me wrong. What he said was disgusting."
"But, historically, it takes an attack on white women before power starts to be exercised against someone."
Symone D. Sanders, a CNN Political commentator and former national press secretary for Bernie Sanders agreed.
"You apparently can say whatever you want about Mexicans, Hispanics & Black people, but the Republican Party draws the line on white women."
http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/09/news/economy/trump-white-women-race/index.html
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