Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ...
by roenxi on Saturday November 07, 2020 @06:22PM
(#25020790)
>> My friends on the left think the only reason for voting trump is racism […]
> While saying the "only" reason is too strong, there have a number of studies showing it was a key factor
I'm not going to read all those links, so hopefully you ordered them by compelling-ness.
A racial demographic agreeing politically is different from racism. The black vote is fairly united on the opinion that Democrats offer a better option for black people. That isn't classed as 'racists voting for democrats'. Ditto hispanics. It follows that whites are voting as a racial block doesn't mean that whites are racist. And if they think Democrat policies noticeably favour blacks and hispanics then they are probably right, because that is what the blacks/hispanics think.
The study is fine, but it doesn't support "they're voting that way because they are racist".
> While saying the "only" reason is too strong, there have a number of studies showing it was a key factor
I'm not going to read all those links, so hopefully you ordered them by compelling-ness.
A racial demographic agreeing politically is different from racism. The black vote is fairly united on the opinion that Democrats offer a better option for black people. That isn't classed as 'racists voting for democrats'. Ditto hispanics. It follows that whites are voting as a racial block doesn't mean that whites are racist. And if they think Democrat policies noticeably favour blacks and hispanics then they are probably right, because that is what the blacks/hispanics think.
The study is fine, but it doesn't support "they're voting that way because they are racist".