I’m not great at math, but reconciling a fresh-from-ass ‘deal’ with the rest of his racist statements is some next level accounting.

Oh no, there is a wide range of racists and he is going after the self identified nonracist racists. They believe everything that racists believe, in private company. They remain silent in polite company and the only POC they know are the those Nigerian men some young women from church married, whom they have shared…

I think lots and lots of racists think they aren’t racist.

I guess that’s a fundamental difference between how we experience the racism visited upon us in contrast to people who belong to the oppressing class. In my community racism can be put in operational categories to describe how it manifests, but being a racist is a closed-ended evaluation. You’re either a racist or…

If you feel that you aren’t racist, how could you stomach the thought of him?

Also, behind every racist there usually is a sexist, homophobe and religious intolerance for non-Christians. Just scratch the surface a bit and there it is.

Exactly. Some people here are discounting this but they don’t realize that lots of people want a reason to vote for him without appearing to be racist. They can point to this so called outreach and claim Trump isn’t and therefore they aren’t either. They are looking for a way to make a Trump vote more socially…

I can’t imagine. From my perspective, racism is a dealbreaker. If I woke up White, I’d think I’d still be somewhat worried. Historically, racists are good for using race as a commodity. Class status and racial inclusion are given and taken by and for the dominant class. The mythological monolithic Whites might want…

And it will work on a lot of them. I made the mistake of bringing up Trump’s racism to my mom when Cruz was hanging on by a thread. I thought I could offer sincere condolences to her for her choices as a republican, but she looked at me like I had two heads and said “I don’t know what you’re talking about” because ONE…

Trump is falling back on an older strategy because the RNC told him to stop telling people to monitor the polls. According to Rachel Maddow, the Republicans are in huge legal trouble over this.

That sounds true. So are The African Americans now the safer minority to mention? No Muslim new deal? Are The Latinos getting a deal? These fence riders are interested in us, but not them?

Yeah, it does seem like a no-brainer. But, then again, so does just about every one of his supporters.

I got that- in theory. But in my reality, I can’t picture anyone who doesn’t embrace his or her racism being on the fence about voting for him. I legit thought being pro-Trump was essentially a way to ‘come out’ as a racist. If you feel that you aren’t racist, how could you stomach the thought of him?

Commentor Busslayer upthread summed it up best. It’s not about black voters, it’s about white voters. Specifically, it is about the white voters who are on the fence about casting their ballot for Trump due to his racism. This gives them the “out” they want. It soothes their nerves when they can say he reached out to…

Was Nat Geo shallow for choosing that photo above others? Surely they shot umpteen photos of less striking refugees. No, they chose this photo for a reason, and the reason is the way this girl looked.

Real question, not a joke: why is he bothering? His supporters don’t pretend to care about us, he damn sure never has, and he can’t really think any negro outside of Sheriff Selfhating Asskisser’s family will vote for him. Why spend a second on this speech? It’s done. At this point, I envision even Ben Carson will…

No way, that came way earlier, with all of the naked African boobies.

I know people are piling on, but I sort of agree with you. I was an adult when this photo appeared, and am fairly up on world events, but my takeaway was more “What a gorgeous young girl” and less “She’s a symbol of refugees”. It probably wasn’t until I saw the follow up article years later that I understood how…

Every time I see an image of an attractive woman I cringe and think, “Crap, some douchey frat bro is going to see this and menacingly ogle her.”

This isn’t a direct answer to your question but when I was in my early teens, 2 kids from my ward went to BYU. One got pregnant and one got someone pregnant. Guess which one got kicked out?