Why Republicans are desperate to keep the white status quo as it disintegrates
The collective white part of the American electorate has always had priority over others and, at some points in history, even codified the denial of others’ political participation into law. Think Jim Crow. Think voter suppression. Generations have fought and died to push us toward a more equitable future where traditionally marginalized voices can be heard, but it’s only now in modern history that their electoral power has been able to be wielded in truly substantial and significant numbers.
By 2045, a majority of the US population will be people of color, which will change the electoral makeup and enable people of color to have a transformative political impact. This will be a seismic shift in our political priorities as we’ve known them because America is designed to let the majority elect those who represent and speak to their interests. If the majority of the country is people of color, then that refocuses the political conversation away from the one perspective we’ve historically legislated from.
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weaken their color and more important teach people of color white man ways,
which are not perfect but a hell of a lot better than people of color
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My kids are Brazilian/Americans and my grandkids are Chinese/Brazilian/Americans. Group identity politics has no future.
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