The Advent of Peach People—The New Minority within the Majority
In an article by Verysmartbrothas.com author Damon Young, titled “I Will Never Underestimate White Peoples Need to Preserve Whiteness Again,” Young discusses the inability of whites to “votes against their self-interest”—the preservation of “White Power.”
Damon Young’s feature piece does what all journalistic mediums seems to do and generalizes a people as Donald Trump supporting Republicans. The feature neglects to mention reality: 37% of whites, voted against the NRA, KKK, rural-supported Republican Nominee—now President Elect.
This boched election--from the Democratic perspective-- exposed major fractures within the United States. These faults are evident by the post-electoral …show more content…
Minority groups must also take accountability.
In this election Minorities failed to stop Trumps ascendancy to the oval office. Minority groups were well aware of the divisive narrative of the election, and the more than likely result- a Trump victory— but still, minority-Americans failed to tip the scale in favour of the Democrats, and instead did so for the Republicans.
According to the NY Times exit polls 88% of Blacks voted for Clinton and 8% voted Trump. For the Republican party, this was an 7% voter increase from Mitt Romney’s polling with the Black community. What this reveals is a growing conundrum in the Black community—a slow but progressing divide. A split amongst white people in terms of politics, that makes sense. They did have two wars resulting from political factors—War for Independence and the Civil War. However, for 8 % of Blacks to aid Trump in his victory—can we really say that this was solely a white victory for white …show more content…
39% of Protestants and Christians voted for Clinton, while 58% voted for Trump. Here he gained a increase of 4% despite being unable to quote a passage from the bible like Romney could. 45% of catholics voted for Clinton and 52% for Trump, a 9% increase for Republicans. Jewish voters sided with Clinton with 71% to Trumps 24%, with a 8% rise for the Democrats since Obama. “Something else” voted 62% for Clinton and 29% for Trump. Here the Republicans saw an alarming 18% increase. In terms of “No religion,” 68 % voted for Clinton and 26% for Trump, an 2% increase for the Republicans. If it is either in terms of race or religion, Republican values are on the rise under Donald Trump, and this is not just amongst the white population.
Ultimately, through this election the world learned of the divisive issues that plague the United States are greater than first perceived. Although, to say that whites are the sole factor of Trumps victory is incoherent with the facts. Whites voted against trump and should be known to have done so, just as minority camps should realize that members of their communities tipped the scale and voted for Trump—or did so by not voting, like the hypocrite Colin Kaepernick. Why is it that we don’t group these voters as members of the
In an article by Verysmartbrothas.com author Damon Young, titled “I Will Never Underestimate White Peoples Need to Preserve Whiteness Again,” Young discusses the inability of whites to “votes against their self-interest”—the preservation of “White Power.”
Damon Young’s feature piece does what all journalistic mediums seems to do and generalizes a people as Donald Trump supporting Republicans. The feature neglects to mention reality: 37% of whites, voted against the NRA, KKK, rural-supported Republican Nominee—now President Elect.
This boched election--from the Democratic perspective-- exposed major fractures within the United States. These faults are evident by the post-electoral …show more content…
Minority groups must also take accountability.
In this election Minorities failed to stop Trumps ascendancy to the oval office. Minority groups were well aware of the divisive narrative of the election, and the more than likely result- a Trump victory— but still, minority-Americans failed to tip the scale in favour of the Democrats, and instead did so for the Republicans.
According to the NY Times exit polls 88% of Blacks voted for Clinton and 8% voted Trump. For the Republican party, this was an 7% voter increase from Mitt Romney’s polling with the Black community. What this reveals is a growing conundrum in the Black community—a slow but progressing divide. A split amongst white people in terms of politics, that makes sense. They did have two wars resulting from political factors—War for Independence and the Civil War. However, for 8 % of Blacks to aid Trump in his victory—can we really say that this was solely a white victory for white …show more content…
39% of Protestants and Christians voted for Clinton, while 58% voted for Trump. Here he gained a increase of 4% despite being unable to quote a passage from the bible like Romney could. 45% of catholics voted for Clinton and 52% for Trump, a 9% increase for Republicans. Jewish voters sided with Clinton with 71% to Trumps 24%, with a 8% rise for the Democrats since Obama. “Something else” voted 62% for Clinton and 29% for Trump. Here the Republicans saw an alarming 18% increase. In terms of “No religion,” 68 % voted for Clinton and 26% for Trump, an 2% increase for the Republicans. If it is either in terms of race or religion, Republican values are on the rise under Donald Trump, and this is not just amongst the white population.
Ultimately, through this election the world learned of the divisive issues that plague the United States are greater than first perceived. Although, to say that whites are the sole factor of Trumps victory is incoherent with the facts. Whites voted against trump and should be known to have done so, just as minority camps should realize that members of their communities tipped the scale and voted for Trump—or did so by not voting, like the hypocrite Colin Kaepernick. Why is it that we don’t group these voters as members of the