Wow, yet another article asking heartland white people what they think. The worst they have to deal with is anxiety about loss of power and jobs.
Whereas people of color I know are worried about being in the wrong town after dark, after Charlottesville showed white supremacists are now bold enough to march in the open. The plight of white people no longer being on top is really not that dangerous or urgent.
> And honestly, one problem does not diminish another.
Yet, when compared, it is diminished. Loss of a privileged place in society doesn't hold a candle to the suffering of those who are still struggling to obtain one.
I didn't say those who disagreed with me were white supremacists just for disagreeing. I said white supremacists marched in Charlottesville because, in fact, there were people marching there, arguing for suppressing non-white minorities. Not that hard to grok.
> people of color I know are worried about being in the wrong town after dark
Is it really more dangerous to be black and in the wrong place than to be white and in the wrong place? I'm not from your country but this is certainly not the impression one gets; I do know a white guy from Baltimore who would disagree, anyway...
Yeah, because overall there's far fewer black people than white people (13% vs 77%), and many more places it's dangerous for them to be.
A white guy wandering in the Baltimore ghettos is liable to be robbed, but no worse. But a black guy in the wrong place is liable to have the police called, which carries the threat of death.
Whereas people of color I know are worried about being in the wrong town after dark, after Charlottesville showed white supremacists are now bold enough to march in the open. The plight of white people no longer being on top is really not that dangerous or urgent.