The author mentioned Trump attempted to sway black voters after he was indicted on various criminal charges and his mugshot was taken in one of his cases last year.
“Hopefully, being shot doesn’t become a similarly problematic strategy to link Trump with an experience that far too many (not all) Black people have,” part of the column reads.
Seems like it was supposed to be sorta the opposite of what it ended up being.
Despite his name "sounding white", Shaun Harper is a Black Man and a Biden supporter.
His take is still a bad take, but fixating on his name when there's a picture of him in the article that would better inform you on this matter is also a bad take.
I included the name to call them out because they have a bad take and their one-line bio describes a DEI expert. Including the name was not in relation to any assumption in their race or anything else for that matter. But i appreciate the response since i can see how people might be reading between the lines.
Any person, period. Only extremely wealthy hoarders could make a sane decision to vote for Repubs, and that's only if they care about short term gains at the expense of the planet.
Back in 2016 I tried explaining this to a Hispanic guy I knew. Single issue voter, second amendment. Dude was a lost cause. Never talked to him again but I doubt anything has changed. Single issue voters tend to be simplistic fucking idiots.
“Or, Mike, take the firearms first and then go to court, because that’s another system. Because a lot of times, by the time you go to court, it takes so long to go to court, to get the due process procedures. I like taking the guns early. Like in this crazy man’s case that just took place in Florida, he had a lot of firearms – they saw everything – to go to court would have taken a long time, so you could do exactly what you’re saying, but take the guns first, go through due process second.”
Trump has pretended that his arrest and mugshot increased his support from black electors (implying that it made them relate to him from sharing an experience far too common for them) so it wouldn't be surprising he would do the same because he got shot (again, considering statistics)
I was pretty certain this would be what the article was about, wondering if a racist might respond to events with racism. Headline just went way too hard on exploiting rage for clicks.
Looks like it was well meaning. But it's possibly the most unintentionally racist thing I've read this year, and boy that headline is a spicy one. It almost reads as an Onion article.
The writer calls themselves a "diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) expert" which feels ironic, as that would be the person I'd suggest review articles like this before publish.
"And the Blacks, they love me because they know the terrifying sound of gunshots," isn't a claim that Trump has actually made.
I found this bit particularly hilarious, it really captures the Trump spirit. Which is the writer's point, it's too easy to imagine this in Trump's voice
It’s racist but true. Already all over the place. They’re making memes about him and saying they had no intention of voting and now they are choosing trump.
If you truly believe this is happening in any meaningful way, I've got the biggest fucking bridge to sell you.
I'm sure all of those black people will see trump catching a bullet in the ear as enough to set aside all of the racist and bigoted shit he's spewed for his entire life. Yeah that checks out.
If you believe young people give a shit about what’s on tv or the news I’ve got my own bridge to sell you. Not believing that all it takes is for trump to be funny for him to get elected is what got him the White House in the first place.