I didn't ask if you'd vote for him. My question is: does his rhetoric resonate with you, or is it off-putting?
The political aspect doesn't interest me as much as the messaging does. Does an aggressive, equality based message make you open or cover your ears?
As a specific example: He's said something like, "The greatest privilege is growing up with two parents in the house."
You can hear that as a denial of structural racism and an attack on the black community, where half of all children are raised in single parent households.
You can also see it as a very strong pro-nuclear family position. This is not a situation unique to blacks-about a quarter of all US children live in single family households.
Off-putting dog whistle? Or universal observation?
He's a probationary white opportunist (the buffer group that whites use to water down the benign neglect of black folks). Jim Crow's open-border policies do the same thing. Blacks are becoming increasingly disillusioned with Joe Biden, and their turnout for the 2024 presidential election will be dismal.
I didn't ask if you'd vote for him. My question is: does his rhetoric resonate with you, or is it off-putting?
The political aspect doesn't interest me as much as the messaging does. Does an aggressive, equality based message make you open or cover your ears?
As a specific example: He's said something like, "The greatest privilege is growing up with two parents in the house."
You can hear that as a denial of structural racism and an attack on the black community, where half of all children are raised in single parent households.
You can also see it as a very strong pro-nuclear family position. This is not a situation unique to blacks-about a quarter of all US children live in single family households.
Off-putting dog whistle? Or universal observation?
He's a probationary white opportunist (the buffer group that whites use to water down the benign neglect of black folks). Jim Crow's open-border policies do the same thing. Blacks are becoming increasingly disillusioned with Joe Biden, and their turnout for the 2024 presidential election will be dismal.
He is running for President. His statements are made to gain Conservative votes. The political stares us in the face.