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Kid Berwyn

(14,652 posts)
8. Amazing amount of power wielded by the propertied.
Mon May 25, 2020, 11:05 AM
May 2020

They rightly fear justice and democracy. Take the facts before the current national emergency...



Trump and racism: What do the data say?

Vanessa Williamson and Isabella Gelfand
Brookings Institution, August 14, 2019

Excerpt...

First, Donald Trump’s support in the 2016 campaign was clearly driven by racism, sexism, and xenophobia. While some observers have explained Trump’s success as a result of economic anxiety, the data demonstrate that anti-immigrant sentiment, racism, and sexism are much more strongly related to support for Trump. Trump’s much-discussed vote advantage with non-college-educated whites is misleading; when accounting for racism and sexism, the education gap among whites in the 2016 election returns to the typical levels of previous elections since 2000. Trump did not do especially well with non-college-educated whites, compared to other Republicans. He did especially well with white people who express sexist views about women and who deny racism exists.

Even more alarmingly, there is a clear correlation between Trump campaign events and incidents of prejudiced violence. FBI data show that since Trump’s election there has been an anomalous spike in hate crimes concentrated in counties where Trump won by larger margins. It was the second-largest uptick in hate crimes in the 25 years for which data are available, second only to the spike after September 11, 2001. Though hate crimes are typically most frequent in the summer, in 2016 they peaked in the fourth quarter (October-December). This new, higher rate of hate crimes continued throughout 2017.

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https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2019/08/14/trump-and-racism-what-do-the-data-say/



This is why they hate Public education and the free Press. Smart people don’t just hate like they want.
badly Orangepeel May 2020 #1
Very. Kid Berwyn May 2020 #3
Because he's not. LakeArenal May 2020 #2
That makes his incapacity a matter of national security. Kid Berwyn May 2020 #4
You'd think, right? LakeArenal May 2020 #5
Thank the fucking electoral college Blue Owl May 2020 #6
Amazing amount of power wielded by the propertied. Kid Berwyn May 2020 #8
BLOTUS is a FAKE.. Cha May 2020 #7
Pegged: Bloated Liar Of The United States Kid Berwyn May 2020 #9
Wow.. perfect. Cha May 2020 #10
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