tl;dr—yes.
Many of them are, perhaps, thoughtlessly enjoying (ugh) the race-based privilege of being able to safely (again ugh) ignore the pains of marginalized folk, but many of them (many MILLIONS OF PEOPLE) are quite consciously racist.
Many of them are, perhaps, thoughtlessly enjoying (ugh) the race-based privilege of being able to safely (again ugh) ignore the pains of marginalized folk, but many of them (many MILLIONS OF PEOPLE) are quite consciously racist.
https://twitter.com/ElleOnWords/status/1326273365368311810
It is ABSOLUTELY racist to say "Trump will be good for the economy, so it's okay that he's bad for POCs."
(Also, it's false, because Trump was never—and can never be—good for the economy.)
(Also, it's false, because Trump was never—and can never be—good for the economy.)
And yes, it's at least SLIGHTLY racist to say "Trump will be good for [x], and that's all I really pay attention to."
No matter the value of [x], being ignorant of what this administration has done to marginalized people requires some effort.
No matter the value of [x], being ignorant of what this administration has done to marginalized people requires some effort.
(NOTE: "at least slightly" can fairly be called weasel-wording on my part. I know plenty of people who will, with very righteous fury, insist that there is nothing "slightly" about it.)
(ALSO NOTE: "This administration" is the sort of thing that requires a bazillion pages of clarification, because EVERY administration has been—and I understate this—problematic. THIS administration has been egregiously and very deliberately HORRIBLE.)
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