Dare ObasanjoJun 19

A visual like this makes it look like progress is a straight line but the truth is more nuanced. During the Reconstruction from 1865 to 1877, Black people in the American South had civil rights. Eventually there was a backlash which led to almost 80 years of repression via Jim Crow laws.

We are currently living through another backlash era with Trump following Obama.

Show threadTobin Baker
@carnage4life There is a paradox that I don't know how to resolve: even as Trump's 2024 voter base became less white than in 2016 or 2020 (making large gains among Hispanics and Asians and smaller gains among Blacks), his policies became more explicitly white-nationalist (restricting asylum to Afrikaners is the poster child but there are other examples). What gives?
Jun 19 at 8:04pmWeb
Show threadDare ObasanjoJun 19
@tobinbaker From talking to friends in red states, a theory is that the left got too inclusive. Specifically gay and trans rights were a bridge to far for certain voting demographics including Hispanics and Muslims which explains Trump’s gains with them in 2024.
Show threadTobin BakerJun 19
@carnage4life yeah that is an inconvenient truth that cannot be mentioned in the Dem party