The Real Racists

“I’m not a racist. I don’t give a rat’s ass if you’re black, brown, or purple. I just hate liberals and their identity politics. They’re the real racists.”

Dear Trump Supporter:

To what do you attribute polling that finds only one percent (or, in some cases, zero percent) of African American voters plan on voting for Trump? Do you believe nearly all black voters are missing something that’s so obvious to you? Are ninety-nine percent of African Americans stupidly voting against their own best interests?

Maybe they’re just as intelligent as you, Trump Supporter, but they see something that you do not. What might that be? Maybe the experience of being an individual who is black in America really is, on the whole, distinct from the experience of being an individual who is white in America. Maybe the fact that you don’t need to play “identity politics” is a result of the very privilege you deny having.

If you really care about all people, stop searching high and low for a couple of non-white people who can speak over the voices of the broader sample. There’s a reason why Trump rallies remain almost exclusively white — your sentiments do not resonate with anybody else.

Or can we not even talk about this because you hate “identity politics?” In that case, keep on patting yourselves on the back, claiming you’re the real patriots of tolerance and inclusion; you’re about to find yourselves the last marginalized minority: the people who wouldn’t take other people seriously.

Poll: Only 1% of African Americans Support Trump. (2016, August 14). Retrieved August 18, 2016, from http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/08/14/poll-only-1-percent-african-americans-support-donald-trump