People keep trying to explain why a majority of White women vote for Republicans. Are they forced into it by overbearing husbands? Are they voting to protect their husbands and sons? Maybe, but I think the simpler explanation is White women are just as racist as White men 1/
One of the enduring tropes that trap us is the idea of "White innocence" and it's most definitely at work with White women and racism. White women are not racist because the hubby said so, they are racist in their own right 2/
And here's the obligatory #NotAllWhiteWomen which should be obvious to anyone who speaks the language well. But yes, White women are implicated in racism as much as White men and, in fact led the partisan realignment to defend segregation 3/
Let's start with a plug for the most eye-opening book I read in 2018. One I wish everyone could read. "Mothers of Massive Resistance" by Elizabeth Gillespie McRae - a history of White women fighting segregation. 4/
Here's a good article post-election on this very question, What's the matter with White women?
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Here's an article profiling women of the far right. Men might be getting the attention but women are doing the organizing and the work. 6/
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Here is an article about how women's grassroots organizing shaped white supremacy 7/
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Another, the women behind White Power - by Elizabeth Gillespie McRae 8/
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When White Segregationist Women Hated on Eleanor Roosevelt 9/
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In a thread a while back, I speculated that the #WhiteWomanWhoCalls911 is playing the traditional role of White women of enforcing de facto segregation, their calls a modern "Whites Only" It seems likely to me 11/11
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A readers suggested this excellent thread that comes from the personal experience with a mother from the 47% & a step-mother from the 53%. I agree her personal insight helps us understand.
