I had relatives that voted for him precisely because they thought voting for a black man would convince their liberal friends that they weren't racist. They didn't care about anything he said, and certainly didn't pick up on any of the stuff he himself said that would go on to destroy the country. It was simply virtue signalling.
Stupid me thought he had zero chance, because I thought that people actually paid attention. Twice.
I was fortunate and didn't vote for him. I also didn't care about his skin. I didn't think we had a big race problem back then, until he took race relations back 40 or 50 years.
The only place I even saw real racism was when a black co-worker (and really good friend) and I were on a job in NYC around Christmas 2000. I brought my wife and 4yo daughter with me (she loved him and called him Uncle Al) and all of us went out to see downtown and FAO Schwartz. It was snowing when we were all ready to leave and my friend said he would go get us a taxi while we stayed inside to keep my kid warm. Every taxi passed him up and I had to go out and have him stand back away so we could get a taxi, and when he got in with us the driver was pissed. I had no idea but he told me that was common up there (we lived in Texas).
That's so ugly. I'm sorry for your friend. As a woman I have suffered discrimination, but nothing like that with the taxi. I used to hail them all the time when I lived in Manhattan.
Oh wow. How interesting. Thanks for brining this up. We voted for the *f guy because what he said, not his skin color or whatever. Never even look at that.
He told us what he was going to do from the very beginning. Not only did he say he was going to fundamentally transform the United States of America, but he was going to remake the world...
I had relatives that voted for him precisely because they thought voting for a black man would convince their liberal friends that they weren't racist. They didn't care about anything he said, and certainly didn't pick up on any of the stuff he himself said that would go on to destroy the country. It was simply virtue signalling.
Stupid me thought he had zero chance, because I thought that people actually paid attention. Twice.
Same here. I thought he said he would make government more transparent and he would reshape the United States (in my mind, for the better).
Voted for him first time. I didn't care about his skin one way or another.
I was fortunate and didn't vote for him. I also didn't care about his skin. I didn't think we had a big race problem back then, until he took race relations back 40 or 50 years.
The only place I even saw real racism was when a black co-worker (and really good friend) and I were on a job in NYC around Christmas 2000. I brought my wife and 4yo daughter with me (she loved him and called him Uncle Al) and all of us went out to see downtown and FAO Schwartz. It was snowing when we were all ready to leave and my friend said he would go get us a taxi while we stayed inside to keep my kid warm. Every taxi passed him up and I had to go out and have him stand back away so we could get a taxi, and when he got in with us the driver was pissed. I had no idea but he told me that was common up there (we lived in Texas).
That's so ugly. I'm sorry for your friend. As a woman I have suffered discrimination, but nothing like that with the taxi. I used to hail them all the time when I lived in Manhattan.
Oh wow. How interesting. Thanks for brining this up. We voted for the *f guy because what he said, not his skin color or whatever. Never even look at that.