tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post7816162294651514659..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: Sununu's attack was no accidentNancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-67181112942357973942012-07-18T20:27:35.579-05:002012-07-18T20:27:35.579-05:00Thanks for that Bill.Thanks for that Bill.Nancy LeTourneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-75153822254643736612012-07-18T13:50:14.689-05:002012-07-18T13:50:14.689-05:00You made some good points. Imo, some white people...You made some good points. Imo, some white people are reasonable but may be confused. They may have limited contact with POC so get their opinions from stereotypes seen in the media or ranted on by their politicians. They don't understand the concept of "institutional racism" or why POC get so upset at the use of certain "dog whistles."<br /><br />I think the more & more blatant racism coming from the extreme Right is making some white folks very uncomfortable.<br /><br />BTW: Sununu is smoking his own dirty socks! Just saying....<br /><br />Aquagranny911Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-51242518951825579952012-07-18T11:27:00.747-05:002012-07-18T11:27:00.747-05:00I say this from a position of white male privilege...I say this from a position of white male privilege, I am very aware, but there is one thing about the increasingly explicit racist and sexist appeal of the GOP, and that is that it gives everyone, POC and white people who are growing, to beat it back. I do not mean that the retrograde forces will have won if we don't take the trifecta of Presidency and both houses. I mean we organize, speak, and above all go a bit out of our comfort zone to connect with people who have both a residual fear of "otherness" but also a real sense of human decency. For a lot of people, especially white Americans, those two are now in intense conflict.<br /><br />The recent revelations about Zimmerman are a case in point. They were unexpected, I was shocked, but it's not a surprise. The story initially--right after the murder--brought out as we know all kinds of neo-Klanism, but more importantly to me there were clearly a lot of white people who more passively identified with Zimmerman or sympathized with him, even if they wouldn't say it was good to shoot Trayvon Martin.<br /><br />When this stuff comes to light, it gives a great opportunity to point and say, do you want to ally yourself with that? Do subtly (but effectively) racist white people want to stand behind Sununu's nonsense? Likely not: it appeals to their unexamined bigotries, but cuts against their sense of their own "moderation."<br /><br />It's like there are a lot of white people in the country--I won't make any claim for percentages--who are at a tipping point, ready for an Aikido manoeuvre to knock them into what is for them a new voting pattern.Billhttp://freeandeasywandering.com/noreply@blogger.com