“In Ferguson, when the shit was about to go down, someone would shout out ‘John Brown!’ … and that meant it was time for all the crazy white people to come to the front.” – Rev. Osagyefo Sekou
A little late getting to this, but spot on as always, Mike. In some of the post-election coverage, I saw Isabel Wilkerson, author of "Caste", talking about how the election came down to white people voting on, not their interests, but their privilege. I heard a hint of that in my men's Cursillo reunion group. The only conservative said "If it were someone else, I might have voted differently" This man is not a fan of Trump (though taken in by a lot of right-wing talking points in the media) but I took that to mean (as it might for many) "if they weren't running a woman of color." I think this might also be where polls got it wrong-- not that people wouldn't say they weren't voting for Trump as much as they might have been embarrassed to say they couldn't vote for Harris.
A little late getting to this, but spot on as always, Mike. In some of the post-election coverage, I saw Isabel Wilkerson, author of "Caste", talking about how the election came down to white people voting on, not their interests, but their privilege. I heard a hint of that in my men's Cursillo reunion group. The only conservative said "If it were someone else, I might have voted differently" This man is not a fan of Trump (though taken in by a lot of right-wing talking points in the media) but I took that to mean (as it might for many) "if they weren't running a woman of color." I think this might also be where polls got it wrong-- not that people wouldn't say they weren't voting for Trump as much as they might have been embarrassed to say they couldn't vote for Harris.
Wisdom for the journey! Thank you.