"...it appears that approximately 17 percent of Americans harbor strong 'replacement theory' fears." That may seem alarming on its face, but it's nothing new. The nutcase portion of the population has been around 20% for as long as I can remember, which goes back to the 1950's when Dwight Eisenhower was labeled "a conscious agent of th…
"...it appears that approximately 17 percent of Americans harbor strong 'replacement theory' fears." That may seem alarming on its face, but it's nothing new. The nutcase portion of the population has been around 20% for as long as I can remember, which goes back to the 1950's when Dwight Eisenhower was labeled "a conscious agent of the communist conspiracy" by the same John Birch Society that seems to be popping up again these days. 56% of Republicans are reported to believe all or part of the Q-anon stuff, 75% the Big Lie; that may be scary, but it represents 15% and 20% of the population, respectively. What we need is maximum sunlight to keep this minority from ruining the U.S.A. For instance, send The Bulwark to everyone in the country. (As I wrote that last sentence, my 12th grade English teacher, Mrs. Tannenbaum, popped into my head, saying "you can lead a whore to culture but you can't make her drink." True as ever.)
What I find curious is how little white people respect themselves. If they believe they cannot keep their jobs or find a mate, they must think they are not as good as the immigrants they are so desperate to keep out. If they believe they are so easily replaced, then I suppose they dont think theyre good enough to compete w PoC? I tend to agree with them.
When it was the first woman this and the first woman that, men felt threatened that maybe they could not compete. If university degrees are any guide, it might be true. In the 2018-19 academic year about 74 men received a bachelor's degree for every 100 women. Even fewer men graduate with an associate or master's degree, relative to women. Now a woman being hired or appointed is so common as to be not newsworthy. Possibly the same dynamic with first PoC this and first PoC that. The resistance to a functional equal opportunity society suggests anxiety about ability to compete, and provides evidence of the persistence of systemic racism that the right insists went away with the passage of the Civil Right Act sixty years ago.
"...it appears that approximately 17 percent of Americans harbor strong 'replacement theory' fears." That may seem alarming on its face, but it's nothing new. The nutcase portion of the population has been around 20% for as long as I can remember, which goes back to the 1950's when Dwight Eisenhower was labeled "a conscious agent of the communist conspiracy" by the same John Birch Society that seems to be popping up again these days. 56% of Republicans are reported to believe all or part of the Q-anon stuff, 75% the Big Lie; that may be scary, but it represents 15% and 20% of the population, respectively. What we need is maximum sunlight to keep this minority from ruining the U.S.A. For instance, send The Bulwark to everyone in the country. (As I wrote that last sentence, my 12th grade English teacher, Mrs. Tannenbaum, popped into my head, saying "you can lead a whore to culture but you can't make her drink." True as ever.)
What I find curious is how little white people respect themselves. If they believe they cannot keep their jobs or find a mate, they must think they are not as good as the immigrants they are so desperate to keep out. If they believe they are so easily replaced, then I suppose they dont think theyre good enough to compete w PoC? I tend to agree with them.
When it was the first woman this and the first woman that, men felt threatened that maybe they could not compete. If university degrees are any guide, it might be true. In the 2018-19 academic year about 74 men received a bachelor's degree for every 100 women. Even fewer men graduate with an associate or master's degree, relative to women. Now a woman being hired or appointed is so common as to be not newsworthy. Possibly the same dynamic with first PoC this and first PoC that. The resistance to a functional equal opportunity society suggests anxiety about ability to compete, and provides evidence of the persistence of systemic racism that the right insists went away with the passage of the Civil Right Act sixty years ago.