Most Republicans Say Diversity Will Weaken the U.S.
Source: PoliticalWire
March 22, 2019 at 9:12 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
A new Pew Research poll finds that 59% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents believe that having a majority of the population made up of blacks, Asians, Hispanics and other racial minorities by the year 2050 will weaken American customs and values.
Just 13% of Republicans say the coming demographic milestone which Census demographers have predicted will strengthen the country.
First Read: Dont forget the ways that Trump has said the quiet thing out loud here. Hes referred to immigration at the southern border as an invasion; hes supported a ban on Muslims entering the United States during his campaign; and hes reportedly used slurs to describe immigration from Haiti and some African countries.
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MrScorpio
(73,630 posts)William Seger
(10,778 posts)... because they fear being treated the way they treated minorities: second-class citizens.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)They're just confirming what we all knew they felt deep down, anyway...
Girard442
(6,070 posts)Yeah, that guy.
cstanleytech
(26,284 posts)Freethinker65
(10,010 posts)Afromania
(2,768 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)But that is 100% their own doing; by attacking everybody except angry white men for decades, they have made a diverse group of enemies.
RKP5637
(67,104 posts)and significantly dishonest. tRump and all of them are the same. tRump, is an excellent poster "child" for them.
cstanleytech
(26,284 posts)These days they behaving more like a Kool-Aid drinking cult than anything.
RKP5637
(67,104 posts)republicans and they used to work together all of the time. They had differing ideas, but worked together to do what was pretty much best for most, the 80% rule. Those days are long gone, and that is pathetic.
RKP5637
(67,104 posts)DallasNE
(7,402 posts)And don't you forget it. Also, they have the guns and have expressed threats of using them.
Up to 87% of Republicans harbor this feeling. That is a lot of headwind to overcome. Capitulation is not an option.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Not long ago, I recall hearing a complaint that Democrats who "are very big into diversity" aren't "particularly sympathetic" to the working class. (Lots of code-talk and dog-whistles being used, but easy to figure out what it means when we know what to listen for.)
All I'm saying is that the resentment and attacks aren't coming from only one direction. It's always sad and disappointing. We must always be alert an on the lookout.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)melm00se
(4,991 posts)but if you look at the poll results, 58% of Democrats think the same way
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alp227
(32,019 posts)Not diversity
BruceWane
(345 posts)You're simply subtracting 42 from 100 to get 58%. That's not accurate. Actually LOOK at the poll results in the article. 33% of Dems say it won't have much of an impact. 22% say it will weaken. Still disappointing to me, but not "just as bad!!"........
turbinetree
(24,695 posts)in the last election in North Dakota and Arizona.......................FUCK YOU
DownriverDem
(6,228 posts)repubs are white racists. As a white French Canadian/Irish American I totally disagree. We must not let repubs win on this.
keithbvadu2
(36,778 posts)Reminiscent of the 'Protestant work ethic' argument.
Those who claim that Protestants improved the Western world over the poorer, lazy Catholics.
In the 1800s, the Catholic Irish and Italians were not portrayed very well as the immigrant horde.
BlueFlorida
(1,532 posts)GOP IS a party of the Christian White Males. Anyone else is just not qualified.
McKim
(2,412 posts)So its out in the open now. These fear based 19th Century thinkers are blinded and terrified of being a minority. They only want to dominate or destroy. The tragedy is they fail to see the richness, the new ways of thinking, the deep ways of relating, the new solutions and the community solidarity that is thankfully permeating American society.
TwilightZone
(25,467 posts)I hate to break it to them, but the US is referred to as a melting pot for a reason.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,999 posts)LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)They dont even try to pretend they support the WHOLE Constitution.
Gothmog
(145,130 posts)The GOP is the party of white racist idiots and hate the concept of diversity
ananda
(28,858 posts)Diversity is a good thing!
Democrats_win
(6,539 posts)Recall the movie Hidden Figures. A lady who was working in the space program was not allowed to use certain restrooms so instead of working on the program she was running all over to, essentially, accommodate the racist rules.
In some sense the racists are making a self-fulfilling prophecy. Is diversity weakening the U.S. because the racists are making it that way? Cops killing people for "driving while black."
If they'd just leave people alone--give them FREEDOM--the diversity would continue to propel America to new heights. Wise people know that it takes all "types" to run the world. Why would you allow this racism into your mind?
tclambert
(11,085 posts)What do you feel like? Italian? Chinese? Thai? Oh, I know, Mexican! Gotta love those tacos.
Initech
(100,065 posts)atreides1
(16,075 posts)Customs:
Like reinstating the enslavement of anyone not white or xtian!
Forcing women to do the bidding of white men!
Religious persecution for everyone who doesn't believe in the Jewish carpenter who was nailed to a piece of wood!
As for values, Republicans have no values, morals, integrity or a sense of right and wrong!!!
kimbutgar
(21,131 posts)My late Dad in the 60s always said that repukes are bigots and any minority who votes repuke is an idiot. My Dad was so right even then. Hed be appalled today that we have such a racist president.