mekka okereke 

Here's how silly US racism is.

Black people in California vote consistently for us to to be taxed more, because we are a rich state. We also vote to send that money to West Virginia to help them.

But white people in WV vote consistently to cancel the very programs and assistance they depend on.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/29/trump-coal-country

And no, this isn't a "Forget the whole South!" type situation, where people ignore the millions of Southern victims of racism that didn't vote for their own mistreatment.

This is more like the farm owners that after seeing 2016, went back for a second helping of tariffs and workforce destruction.🤡

‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival

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The Guardian
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Show threadDoctor M. PopularNov 29
@mekkaokereke I really enjoyed Jonathan Metzl's book, "Dying Of Whiteness", which talks about how many folks in the south would rather die than betray their political views. I was born in GA and raised in TN, and this book explained so much about my experiences there.
https://www.dyingofwhiteness.com/
Dying of Whiteness

Winner of the 2020 RFK Book Award. In "Dying of Whiteness" Dr. Jonathan Metzl reveals how right-wing backlash policies have mortal consequences–even for the white populations they promise to help.

Dying of Whiteness
Show threadMichael BuschNov 30

@docpop @mekkaokereke

May the people who refused to listen to King or Du Bois listen when Metzl wrote the same thing.