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]

i'm sorry if i come across as urgent. from my point of view, i'm just taking advantage of a window onto something i don't get much of a chance to discuss at any length, to any depth.

i fully agree that "I'm done supporting African-American issues until this homophobia is sorted out" is just shit. because i'm not surfing as widely as others, i just haven't come across it as much, and i don't mean to minimize the response of those who have.