Racism isn't just "a card" some people "play"

[bcholmes]

Blaming people of color for Prop. 8 passing in California is racist. So cut it the fuck out. Ditto for veiling your racism with "this is because of turnout for Obama" or "you know how conservative those immigrants can be."

sparkymonster states one of those things that I wanted to believe was obvious, but which apparently is not.

Edit: Here's another good response to the "let's blame the brown people" phenomenon.

Edit the second: Here's a statistical analysis of a white election.

Edit the third: Daily Kos has a good analysis, too!

Comments

[indefatigable42.livejournal.com]

I wrote a bunch of stuff questioning the statistics, but I don't really care about the statistics. This is all based on exit polls -- the number of people who say they voted one way or another -- right?

People have blithered on so much about this Bradley effect, where white people say they'll vote for a black man and then turn around and vote against him. This is another example. Yeah, it could happen, but there's no knowing for sure.

...I think the queer community should think twice about allying with the African-American community on a macro level.

What does it mean for two communities to ally themselves together on a 'macro' level anyways? There are homophobic blacks, and there are racist queers. Being a victim of discrimination or hate doesn't mean someone is going to be more sympathetic to someone else who's in the same boat for a different reason.

I was just thrilled to see Obama standing up there and verbally acknowledging that gay Americans are not second-class citizens. If there really is less acceptance of homosexuality among certain racial minorities, this is the time for the ones who want to accept each other to step up and do it.