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In reply to the discussion: This Is the America White People Wished For. This Is the America White People Want [View all]wonkwest
(463 posts)Say one thing, mean another. Embarrassment over an opinion because culture tells them they should be ashamed of that opinion. The Silent Majority thing.
But you're attempting to look into hearts, to make windows into men's souls.
I know some Trump voters. I don't want to make them representative. I won't say how they think is how all Trump voters think. But they do not like what is happening there. I have yet to hear from a Trump voter I know go, "Yeah, they should do that."
Children being separated from parents is a primal thing, there are instincts involved.
But you can't lay that on "white people." Trump's going to do what Trump's going to do. And even a cursory reading of the Internet or media lends credence to the fact that vast majorities of Americans are against this shit. White people, too.
White privilege and institutional racism are responsible for a myriad of injustices in this country.
But on this? White people can be your allies. If you let them.