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

[cigfran-lwyd.livejournal.com]

agreed. there is no warrant for crass remarks on this question... it's all far too raw and hurtful on too many edges.

but i also found sparkymonster's approach to be reductive, simplistic, and no more useful than the kinds of things being reacted to.

by the same token, however, i'm not entirely sure why out-of-state mormons are being "blamed" for this, either. they didn't cast the votes, and are the consciences of californians so weak that a more effective ad campaign is really supposed to have been the "cause" of the loss?