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

[bcholmes.livejournal.com]

Wow. Good points.

Just about everything you've said on this topic has helped me appreciate, more fully, just how much work needs to happen. Thank you for that.

[kat-chan.livejournal.com]

This conversation is why, for all of the high-minded talk of the election proving how we're "over race" down here, we're so totally not. Just because white people came out and voted for a black guy doesn't prove a damned thing. Especially in an election went the GOP should have suffered the spanking they received. Racism is still an issue here, and it still will be an issue as long as people make racist statements and then try and say they're not being racist when called on their shit.