By: Melinda Troyka

Melinda Troyka — Sat, 10 Dec 2016 19:48:19 +0000

This post resonated with me so much. Hearing other White people’s confusion and annoyance over the sadness of the election is so frustrating to me. The issues with this election seem so blindingly obvious, that it makes it hard to have productive conversations with these people. I feel like I have to hold back from expressing my opinions at times because since it is such an emotional topic, I feel like it would turn into the other person feeling attacked instead of learning. Additionally, though, even if you are a person who prioritizes money and voted for Trump’s economic stance, then that is still problematic in itself, not only because it places social policy lower, but the actual economic policy itself that they are voting for is racist in that it benefits Whites and disadvantages people of color.

By: Haleigh Jacob

Haleigh Jacob — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 01:34:33 +0000

I think the things we’ve talked about in class concerning the ways aversive racism plays out in ambiguous situations is relevant here. Just to be clear, I’m definitely not trying to say that whether Trump is sexist, racist, or xenophobic is ambiguous. Rather, I think it’s possible that some people looked at both Hillary’s & Trumps “job applications,” if you will, and found ways to justify to themselves voting for the sexist, racist, and xenophobic candidate (both consciously for some and unconsciously for others). I think that’s an interesting thing to consider when people say that they’re voting for him based on his economic policies, for example, even thought they condemn his racism.

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