The MAGA movement has mainstreamed some of the themes of the white nationalist far right. That's frightening news for immigrants, racial minorities, women, and America.
These are dangerous times. Thank you for shedding light on this movement. As a white woman I am horrified by what is happening. Ashamed that so many folks are just following a long. This is not my country!
Thank you for this post and your determination to keep putting truth out there. Your voice gives me hope that we can fight back and - at some point - emerge a better and changed society.
Thank you knew some of the facts but not enough thank you again . I guess when they said the South Will Raise Again they meant it... Still We are in Dangerous Times while some people want a civil takeover and we are going around in this craziness We As A Country Are in Danger Of being Caught Without Protection As A Country 🥺🥲With people who don't have the ability or knowledge of Protection 🥲
I’m in California so when I got the Fourteen words alert from Joy's House at 3:06AM, I thought, wow, Joy is up and at um early today with what must be urgent. So since it woke me up, I went ahead and read the (very long) part one in the series. It is of course very informative, full of factual historical background references to the KKK and early white supremacy legends and lots of colorful but very scary details of real life in these (not so) United States of America. As a boomer born and raised in South Central Los Angeles, I was spared from most of the horrors experienced by my southern peers, but I certainly understood the dangers of venturing out of our de-facto segregated neighborhoods where we might have to face the likes of the notorious "Spookhunters" or "Birchers" who might sling threats of violence, and an "N" word at us on occasion. We all know how deeply embedded racism was then, and continues to be today.
The political situation we're in today is nothing short of incredibly stupid, and I keep hoping the powers-that-be will come to their senses and stand up to the bullies. But in the meantime, I am strengthened by you Joy-Ann Reid and your ability to share true intelligence and hopeful solutions to the madness. I look forward to reading part two in the series, and to hearing more from you and your colleagues every day. (My soror).
It's all very simple: do you want a country where straight white males rule (about 28% of the population?) and the rest of us are subordinate and fighting over the scraps left over? You would think that with that small a minority, it would be an easy question to answer for most people and it would not happen. The problem is that hispanics from places like Mexico are just as racist as we are and pride themselves as being white even though to the western- European- only crowd of whites in this proposed ruling class, they are not and will never be. And straight white women often go along with it to gain privilege through their husbands until it is too late and they find out that even being married to the ruling class will not guarantee them their status in society. Especially since even if they do everything they are supposed to to 'porn up' their looks (hair extensions, bleached blond hair mostly, botox, puffy lips, etc which has become the MAGA uniform), they will still get old and their husbands, members of the ruling class, will have a pretty easy time getting someone younger when wealth and privilege follows them. Even many black men, who are often just as sexist as their white counter-parts, have bought into the Trump train even though they should known through long experience that they will REALLY never be part of this racist ruling class.
And of course, even among this straight white male ruling class, there are winners (members of the Oligarchy around whom the economy is shaped) and losers (the vast majority). Most white men STILL vote for the Trump train even though it is almost certain that if they were born working class struggling to make ends meet, they will die working class struggling to make ends meet because <insert LBJ's quote here>. This time though, with the real rulers of the straight white ruling class swinging for the fences and managing to actually get a bill passed that guts Medicaid (and will likely automatically adversely affect Medicare too) and so many other gov services to get tax breaks for themselves, even the majority of those in that 29% "ruling class" will get much fewer practical perks to being on top and likely would have done much better, at least financially, voting the other way. In conclusion, maybe humans just suck? We did this to ourselves! Besides black women and lesbians (the only demographics who always vote overwhemingly the 'right' way and have not been fooled at all by the Trump BS), every other subset of humanity was able to be conned because they wanted some advantage (at the expense of others) and voted (or didn't vote which is the same thing) for this rapist and dictator in enough numbers to give him all the levers of power. We have no one else but overselves and our human failings to blame!
This is all so depressing but it is the history of America. We have two forces fighting against each other capitalism and white supremecy against empathy.
These are dangerous times. Thank you for shedding light on this movement. As a white woman I am horrified by what is happening. Ashamed that so many folks are just following a long. This is not my country!
Thank you for this post and your determination to keep putting truth out there. Your voice gives me hope that we can fight back and - at some point - emerge a better and changed society.
Thank you knew some of the facts but not enough thank you again . I guess when they said the South Will Raise Again they meant it... Still We are in Dangerous Times while some people want a civil takeover and we are going around in this craziness We As A Country Are in Danger Of being Caught Without Protection As A Country 🥺🥲With people who don't have the ability or knowledge of Protection 🥲
I so need To Listen To Jon Batiste FREEDOM !🫶
I’m in California so when I got the Fourteen words alert from Joy's House at 3:06AM, I thought, wow, Joy is up and at um early today with what must be urgent. So since it woke me up, I went ahead and read the (very long) part one in the series. It is of course very informative, full of factual historical background references to the KKK and early white supremacy legends and lots of colorful but very scary details of real life in these (not so) United States of America. As a boomer born and raised in South Central Los Angeles, I was spared from most of the horrors experienced by my southern peers, but I certainly understood the dangers of venturing out of our de-facto segregated neighborhoods where we might have to face the likes of the notorious "Spookhunters" or "Birchers" who might sling threats of violence, and an "N" word at us on occasion. We all know how deeply embedded racism was then, and continues to be today.
The political situation we're in today is nothing short of incredibly stupid, and I keep hoping the powers-that-be will come to their senses and stand up to the bullies. But in the meantime, I am strengthened by you Joy-Ann Reid and your ability to share true intelligence and hopeful solutions to the madness. I look forward to reading part two in the series, and to hearing more from you and your colleagues every day. (My soror).
Anise Jones
Corona, CA
It's all very simple: do you want a country where straight white males rule (about 28% of the population?) and the rest of us are subordinate and fighting over the scraps left over? You would think that with that small a minority, it would be an easy question to answer for most people and it would not happen. The problem is that hispanics from places like Mexico are just as racist as we are and pride themselves as being white even though to the western- European- only crowd of whites in this proposed ruling class, they are not and will never be. And straight white women often go along with it to gain privilege through their husbands until it is too late and they find out that even being married to the ruling class will not guarantee them their status in society. Especially since even if they do everything they are supposed to to 'porn up' their looks (hair extensions, bleached blond hair mostly, botox, puffy lips, etc which has become the MAGA uniform), they will still get old and their husbands, members of the ruling class, will have a pretty easy time getting someone younger when wealth and privilege follows them. Even many black men, who are often just as sexist as their white counter-parts, have bought into the Trump train even though they should known through long experience that they will REALLY never be part of this racist ruling class.
And of course, even among this straight white male ruling class, there are winners (members of the Oligarchy around whom the economy is shaped) and losers (the vast majority). Most white men STILL vote for the Trump train even though it is almost certain that if they were born working class struggling to make ends meet, they will die working class struggling to make ends meet because <insert LBJ's quote here>. This time though, with the real rulers of the straight white ruling class swinging for the fences and managing to actually get a bill passed that guts Medicaid (and will likely automatically adversely affect Medicare too) and so many other gov services to get tax breaks for themselves, even the majority of those in that 29% "ruling class" will get much fewer practical perks to being on top and likely would have done much better, at least financially, voting the other way. In conclusion, maybe humans just suck? We did this to ourselves! Besides black women and lesbians (the only demographics who always vote overwhemingly the 'right' way and have not been fooled at all by the Trump BS), every other subset of humanity was able to be conned because they wanted some advantage (at the expense of others) and voted (or didn't vote which is the same thing) for this rapist and dictator in enough numbers to give him all the levers of power. We have no one else but overselves and our human failings to blame!
This is all so depressing but it is the history of America. We have two forces fighting against each other capitalism and white supremecy against empathy.