Poll of the Day > Do you believe that donald trump is racist?

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tmac666 posted...

I still don't see how that was racist. He said go back to where you came from, fix their country and then COME BACK and show us how its done. I am yet to see a single explanation on how it is racist.

White people rarely if ever get told to "go back to their countries." It's something racists frequently say to non-whites to shut them up and drive them out. When you tell someone "go back to your country," you're making a statement that that person's country *isn't* America. You're telling them they don't belong here by virtue of their skin color, even if they were born here or became naturalized citizens. That's racism.
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Someone linking right wing stuff instead of asking countless PoC about the why is already lost. No use trying to explain it to them.
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How is he racist?
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VTBM posted...

How is he racist?

By choice.
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VTBM posted...

How is he racist?

How? That is a question for him.

How he can live his life to this point and still feel the way he does about minorities is difficult to grasp for a normal person.

DPsx7 posted...

Worship? That's a stretch. He's a guy with a job. The only people who need to leave are the ones unhappy to be here. I don't care about the rest of their details. Anyone who immigrates must have a reason, and should integrate to their new location. Nobody is forced to stay either.

How the fuck are you suspended already

people just throw words around that are automatically true. don't agree with someone? they are mysoginists, racists zenithphobes and whatever phobe you can think of

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Lirishae posted...

White people rarely if ever get told to "go back to their countries." It's something racists frequently say to non-whites to shut them up and drive them out. When you tell someone "go back to your country," you're making a statement that that person's country *isn't* America. You're telling them they don't belong here by virtue of their skin color, even if they were born here or became naturalized citizens. That's racism.

thats not what racists say.

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Mead posted...

Its not racist, he didnt use the n word

There is another topic where people are claiming it's not racist to call a black person a monkey. I don't think they would say he was racist if he just outright said that.
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slacker03150 posted...

Mead posted...

Its not racist, he didnt use the n word

There is another topic where people are claiming it's not racist to call a black person a monkey. I don't think they would say he was racist if he just outright said that.

Well the dude that said that is banned now.

ArvTheGreat posted...

people just throw words around that are automatically true. don't agree with someone? they are mysoginists, racists zenithphobes and whatever phobe you can think of

The word you're looking for is xenophobe. And look, I will go out on a limb and agree with you that this has happened. But the people who make these complaints tend to be the same people who couldn't identify racism or misogyny if it was dancing naked with a flashing neon sign, like right now. You aren't helping your case by bringing it up when we're discussing real, undeniable racism.

ArvTheGreat posted...

thats not what racists say.

Yes, it is what racists say. Refusing to acknowledge racism as anything besides lynchings or the n word is enabling racists. It's like the guy who tells his daughter, "I'm not a racist, I just don't want you dating black people."
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