2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: How Bernie Sanders exposed Democrats racial rift [View all]sufrommich
(22,871 posts)Minority voters have been watching in horror as millions of Republican voters choose Trump either because of, or despite, his open bigotry. The Sanders supporters who toy with the idea of shunning Clinton in November and allowing Trump to become president to force a revolution that Sanders couldnt deliver are playing with fire. To minority voters, Trumps candidacy feels like an existential threat. Its one thing for Republicans to either ignore or embrace his racism; the party already seems unwilling or incapable of making the kinds of adjustments it must to attract more non-white voters. Its quite another for white Democrats to not appreciate how liberal minorities feel about the possibility of a Trump presidency and what that would say about the state of racial progress in America. It would be a slap in the face, the latest sign that a kind of white privilegethrowing a temper tantrum because they dont get their way despite how much it hurts people of coloris deeply rooted within liberal, Democratic ranks as well.
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