Thoughts on White People and This Election

This morning, Bernie Sanders (finally) endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. He did it with fervor and has made it clear that defeating Donald Trump is his priority. Now that he has gotten concessions on the Democratic Party's platform, this is undoubtedly true. And yet some of his supporters are still clinging to him as the nominee and refusing to vote for her. Most of the comments I have seen have been online so I admit my sample size is limited. What I have noticed about these people, though, is that they are all white. They say they'll vote for some third party person, effectively wasting their votes. In blue and red states, this shouldn't be much of a problem (*rants to self about the electoral college*). In swing states, this could be an issue.

Now why did I mention white people at all? Because we as white folks have no clue the issues minorities face in our country. Trump and his ilk are dangerous. Racist jerks have felt emboldened since 2010, when a red tide of stupidity swept over the nation because the big, scary black man was in office. This is not to say the all Republicans are racist. Indeed, the people I know who are Republicans are mixed in ethnicity themselves. But every racist thing I've seen and heard has been from a Republican. The nominee of their party has stated his plan to build a wall along our border with Mexico (because that fence worked so well). He's also expressed the opinion that Muslims should be banned from coming here (!!). Racial tensions have swelled since Pres. Obama took office but not because he stoked the flames. The politicians, "leaders" of our nation, have done so well enough on their own by what they say. Racists eat that stuff up, and now that a racist, misogynistic narcissist with a bad spray tan is leading the party and garnering over 13 million votes, people feel justified in their hate.

So to all you white people calling her Killary or Shillary, who think she is so damn corrupt despite nothing ever legally sticking, who don't know what she has really done for the most vulnerable of our people: if Trump is elected because of your stupidity and ignorance, then you have each contributed to further acts of hate committed against people of color. Get over yourselves. Unite, vote blue, and campaign to get Democrats elected to congress, where policy change can truly happen.