Guno צְבִי
We fight, We win, Am Yisrael Chai
The shame of the assault on the Capitol of the United States is the shame of white America.
By white America, I do not mean every white person in the United States. I do, however, mean the majority of white Americans.
Majority means the more than half of whites who voted in this last election. According to the Pew Research Center, 57% of the whites who voted, voted for Donald Trump. That is almost 6 of every 10 white voters.
According to surveys and exit polls, 78% of white evangelicals, 53% of white Catholics, and 52% of white non-evangelical Protestants supported him for a second term. That despite his racist rhetoric and actions, denial of a deadly pandemic, bullying and lies, and overt calls for extreme nationalism and white supremacy.
And now we see whites running for the exits, expressing dismay and shock and surprise at the flag-waving mob that took over the Capitol.
White America, not all, but most, gave him the power and platform to lead the charge against all we allegedly hold sacred in this country.
Let me again make distinction: This is not about all whites. This is about those who I believe — by their votes, their prayers (without corresponding deeds for the common good), their actions, or their silence — enabled an obvious deranged bully and self-centered racist to act in the manner he did.
You cannot swim in the sewers without wearing the stench. Were most white people assaulting the Capitol? No. Did most white voters support the one who instigated the mob — that very day — to “take back our country”? Yes.
https://www.theunion.com/opinion/da...a-gave-trump-the-platform-to-lead-the-charge/
By white America, I do not mean every white person in the United States. I do, however, mean the majority of white Americans.
Majority means the more than half of whites who voted in this last election. According to the Pew Research Center, 57% of the whites who voted, voted for Donald Trump. That is almost 6 of every 10 white voters.
According to surveys and exit polls, 78% of white evangelicals, 53% of white Catholics, and 52% of white non-evangelical Protestants supported him for a second term. That despite his racist rhetoric and actions, denial of a deadly pandemic, bullying and lies, and overt calls for extreme nationalism and white supremacy.
And now we see whites running for the exits, expressing dismay and shock and surprise at the flag-waving mob that took over the Capitol.
White America, not all, but most, gave him the power and platform to lead the charge against all we allegedly hold sacred in this country.
Let me again make distinction: This is not about all whites. This is about those who I believe — by their votes, their prayers (without corresponding deeds for the common good), their actions, or their silence — enabled an obvious deranged bully and self-centered racist to act in the manner he did.
You cannot swim in the sewers without wearing the stench. Were most white people assaulting the Capitol? No. Did most white voters support the one who instigated the mob — that very day — to “take back our country”? Yes.
https://www.theunion.com/opinion/da...a-gave-trump-the-platform-to-lead-the-charge/
