Trump's strategy and what drives his base isn't new or difficult to understand.
“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”
― President Lyndon B. Johnson
#BlackMastodon #RacializedClass #WeaponsOfMassPerception
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lbj-convince-the-lowest-white-man/
LBJ: 'If You Can Convince the Lowest White Man He's Better Than the Best Colored Man ...'

President Lyndon B. Johnson, who grew up in the South and understood the politics of racism from the inside, saw it in part as a ploy to divide and conquer.

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The Racist Fantasy of the Model Minority Myth

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Goth Is White: Pallor, Prejudice and Purity
Shonalika
@shonalika
the deep dive into the history, gatekeeping and exclusion, racism and colorism, uplifting of pallor, flirting with fascism, fetishization and appropriation, conflicting ideologies and reality, and all-round white supremacist tendencies of the alternative/goth subculture that absolutely no-one asked for
#BlackMastodon #BIPOC #LGBTQ #Trans #Goth #white #whiteness #antiBlackness #Racialized #Racialization #RacializedClass #Classism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knrnIY8snKk&t=3328s
Goth Is White: Pallor, Prejudice and Purity

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Bloodstained Podcast Episode 5 | "Colorism is Real"

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The whole world is watching what America calls equal justice under the law.

Missouri to execute Marcellus Williams despite prosecutors’ objections and innocence claims
#BlackMastodon #RacializedClass #whiteSupremacy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/24/missouri-to-execute-marcellus-williams-prosecutors-objections-innocence-claims

Missouri to execute Marcellus Williams despite prosecutors’ objections and innocence claims

Prosecutors raise concerns about lack of evidence as family of victim supports saving Williams from the death penalty

The Guardian
Did Brazil ever have something like a "one drop rule"?
The answer may surprise you
Black Brazil Today
#BlackMastodon #RacializedClass #AntiBlackness #Eurocentrism #WhiteSupremacy #OneDropRule
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzZpOZ-9Ed0
Did Brazil ever have something like a "one drop rule"? The answer may surprise you

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It isn't just the “white bonus.”; there is also, a presumption of “white innocence” and a presumption of “white competence.”

How White People Benefit From Racism
Adam Conover (Host)
@adamconover
#TracieMcMillan (Guest)
#RacializedClass #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteLiesMatter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRfcrB1rs78
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRfcrB1rs78

How White People Benefit From Racism with Tracie McMillan

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Why is the MLB so white?

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UPDATE
Regardless of their race or ethnicity, I tend to be skeptical of people like this Vlogger, who constantly dismiss Diversity, Equity, Inclusion as having a hidden agenda, while never evidencing any level of critical self-reflection, and offer no intellectually honest disclosure about their biases and their motives for their remarks.

Why did seeing two consecutive black Miss Brazil winners bother people?
Black Brazil Today
#BlackMastodon #RacializedClass #Colorism #Featurism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux5L70OTkFU

Why did seeing two consecutive black Miss Brazil winners bother people?

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UPDATE: Judge Rules School Can Punish Black Student For His Locs

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