Jennifer Lawrence was With Her. Jennifer’s boyfriend Darren Aronofsky even used Jennifer as a way to bribe college students into voting – if the students promised to vote, he let them Facetime with J-Law on his phone. So, obvious, J-Law is really depressed this week just like every sane, sentient, inclusionist, woke ally. What did Jennifer decide to do with her depression, revulsion, sadness and shock? She wrote an essay about what’s next.
Is this the stark reality? It doesn’t matter how hard you work or how qualified you are, at the end of the day, you’re not a man? Is that what we just learned? This country was founded on immigration and today the only people that feel safe, that their rights are recognized and respected are white men.
I want to be positive; I want to support our democracy, but what can we take away from this? It’s a genuine question that we all need to ask ourselves. We shouldn’t blame anyone, we shouldn’t riot in the streets. We should think strongly and clearly about what to do next because we cannot change the past.
If you’re worried about the health of our planet, find out everything you can about how to protect it. If you’re worried about racial violence love your neighbor more than you’ve ever tried to before—no matter what they believe or who they voted for. If you’re afraid of a wall putting us all into another recession then organize and stand against it.
If you’re a woman and you’re worried that no matter how hard you work or how much you learn, there will always be a glass ceiling, then I don’t really know what to say. I don’t know what I would tell my daughter if I were you. Except to have hope. To work for the future.
We’re all allowed to be sad that the present isn’t what we thought it was. But we mustn’t be defeated. We will keep educating ourselves and working twice as hard as the man next to us because we know now that it is not fair. It is not fair in the workplace, so you make it impossible to fail. And like Hillary, it might not work.
But like Hillary, you can still be an inspiration and get important things done. Do not let this defeat you—let this enrage you! Let it motivate you! Let this be the fire you didn’t have before. If you are an immigrant, if you are a person of color, if you are LGBTQ+, if you are a woman—don’t be afraid, be loud!
I like this: “We’re all allowed to be sad that the present isn’t what we thought it was. But we mustn’t be defeated.” That’s exactly what it felt like when the numbness subsided – I was so sad, but it didn’t feel like our side had been defeated. It didn’t feel like we were out in the cold… even though we are, and I said yesterday that it’s a good thing, because now the GOP is forced to reckon with itself and choke on their own bad ideas, their own recklessness, insanity, bigotry and hatred. I don’t feel defeated. I feel angry. I am pissed off.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
No, we mustn’t be defeated. I love her open letter.
And this softens the sting of defeat a tad. How beautiful, people tweeting photos of this because they were moved. All of these kids writing words of love and thanks and encouragement to Hillary on the sidewalk in front of HIllary’s headquarters. softened my jaded, bitter heart.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/clinton-headquarters-kids-say-thank-you_us_58252775e4b02d21bbc82d5c
Unrelated, but Leonard Cohen died. 2016 is the worst year ever.
Yup Bowie, Brexit, Trump, Cohen…no words can describe how s*it this has been so far.
Yup. Worst. F*cking. year. ever.
Add my own loving wonderful 58 years young father to that list of people lost. Trump wins and my father dies. Why does evil triumph when good men don’t.
I was not a fan but now I am. this girl is not only an amazing actress, she is an amazing exemple. What a great message.
Great! Very proud of her.
Yeah I think she’s a much more insightful and thoughtful person than I gave her credit for.
A very thought provoking and intelligent essay.
Didn’t expect any less from her.
This is what we need. More of this. Intellectual, kind, accepting people aren’t prone to the kind of anger that racist misogynist ignorant people are but we need to dig deep and find it. We have to become a powerful and demanding voice for what is right. Let’s put our money where our mouths are and donate to our causes. Learn about how you can reduce your carbon footprint and start the battle for a livable climate at home. Don’t do business with anyone who does not support logical ideas. Then breathe, sleep, wake up and do it again. We are worth it.
To add – write your Congressmen!! You MUST voice your feelings, fears, and opinions to the people in charge who are responsible for this mess. Only they can clean it up. If you feel they won’t listen to you, you might be surprised. It’s harder to ignore a heartfelt letter from a named constituent than to dismiss “general public opinion”.
Generally, one email to your congressperson represents about 10,000 people’s opinion (and future vote) because most folks don’t write. So, one letter/email is very important! Your letter must be polite or it won’t be read. Staffers read the communications and tabulate the sentiment and that is what your congressperson sees.
i’d like to quote a great comment from ontd: about how white women are now trying to make this all about sexism when they played such a huge part in this mess:
white women.
You are part of white supremacy.
You have always been part of white supremacy. Your tears have murdered us in the past. You have brutalized us in the present. It’s up to you to decide what part you will play in the future.
Was this about gender? Partly, yes. From both sides, the sexist, sometimes irrational suspicion towards Hillary that transformed her from a regular politician with regular baggage to a cartoon sideshow card board cut out of satan was perpetuated on both sides, right and left, male and female, white and POC.
However this election was a result of one main thing: white supremacy.
Stop saying that if Bernie had been running the white working class would have rised up with him and blamed their problems on the rich elite. History tells us that the white working class and declining middle class, when faced with economic problems, do not blame rich white people. They blame US. POC. Minorities. This was a white lash, as Van Jones said. These are the same people writing ‘NI**ERS GO BACK HOME’ and chanting WHITE POWER in the streets right now. Tell me this isn’t about race.
If you are white you have an obligation, yes, it is your duty to talk to your racist family members and friends and fight them on this. DO NOT stay silent to protect yourselves. Contrary to what Jennifer Lawrence thinks, WE POC are not the ones that have the privilege to be loud. We be loud, we get shot.
YOU white people YOU who handed this victory to Trump either through voting for him or through your selfish protest votes. YOU Are the ones who have the privilege to be loud. It is YOU who must stand up to your racist people. Because white culture is killing us.
White culture. White society. White people. You are killing us. YOU are killing us.
also:”If you’re worried about racial violence love your neighbor more than you’ve ever tried to before—no matter what they believe or who they voted for.”
shove that up where the sun does not shine. how can she not get what she is saying here?
*THIS STANDING OVATION I HAVE FOR YOU QUEEN… MY HANDS ARE BLEEDING *
http://giphy.com/gifs/yas-8hbj961iKfC00
Pwhahaha. Love thy neighbor. So I have to call the woman named “Barbie” who laughed when I told her I am highly educated and probably intimidate. So when she told me “run along little doggie your kind isn’t wanted here” – i need to go give her a shit eating smile and love her cuz the white lady told me it was “the right thing to do”. Pwhahaha. Uh. No.
My family isn’t racist but thanks for stopping by.
Severely flawed message you’ve got there. Severely flawed.
73% white women voted for trump. 33% Latina women voted for trump. And 30 something % Asians voted for trump. I don’t know what to say but going forward a lot of women will be leaving the feminist movement and will definitely not listen to any white women complaining about sexism.
That’s where we are now.
While white women should definitely be held accountable for voting for Trump, your numbers are off. 53 percent of white women voted for Trump, not 73 percent. That was primarily because of white women with no college degrees – a majority of college educated white women voted for Clinton.
So how do we know white women chose their race over their gender? Was there a survey and where is it? I have to wonder if this demographic of women is also more susceptible to persuasion by their spouses and the men in their lives, perhaps deferring to the perceived “greater wisdom” of the pro-Trump men in their lives, perhaps after a lifetime of conscious ignorance of politics because being political and being a feminist may be undesirable to the men in their lives. It’s shocking how little modern women in the so-called free West are permitted to speak out or rock the boat.
…No, a woman who knowingly supports/votes for her oppressor is either blind to her own oppression or was compelled to make a choice someone else made for her. I think this is very much about gender and (white) male privilege.
When I’m feeling especially pessimistic, like after this election result, I have to wonder if the only reason white women even have the privilege we do is because white men want to f* us so they humor us a little.
Please let’s not think that 73% of white women voted for Trump. Of the women who voted for Trump, 73% (and I’m not sure of that number) were white. That’s a big difference. Many women did not vote or voted third party and that is where we failed.
EOA – according to the NYTimes, 45% of college educated white aomen votes for trump. That’s still a big component.
Thank you QueenB, THANK YOU! This isn’t just a white men issue, this election showed that the majority of white female voters chose their race over their gender. If we are to move forward with any sort of real progress we need REAL allys. We cannot be complacent in any form when we encounter racism, bigotry, or sexism.
I think you’re right and I’m working on doing just that. Casual racism is what got us here. Someone, I wish I could remember where I read it, said that for too many white people (I’m white), racism wasn’t a deal-breaker in this election. And that horrifies me, especially as someone who finds almost all of Donald Trump’s other positions and actions (making fun of people with disabilities, an attitude towards women that defines rape culture, etc) dangerous and disgusting. How can someone co-sign all of that by voting for him? It’s uncomfortable to call out your nana, your uncle, cousins you grew up with, etc….but at this point what choice do we have? Other than continuing to work with organizations we care about and can help, the best thing most of us can do is stand up to it in our own families, I think. It’s the best I can come up with now, three days after learning some horrible news.
I’m similarly tired of this “love your neighbor” crap everyone is shoving at us. No. I don’t love people like that and I don’t want to.
Well said Queen. White evangelical woman worry about Muslim women and burkas but white women are enslaved by their white men. They are disrespected and don’t even see it. Women are scum in America. Trump is the symbol of what men really think about women and women agree. Women are scum in America and it doesn’t matter how hard they work or how hard they try to please.
“Women are scum in America.”
It’s a good thing we didn’t make one president then.
QueenB,
Well said. I do have relatives who are still beating the “Bernie would’ve won” drum, and I’ve been struggling to articulate the stupidity of that reasoning. This helps. To suggest that the the white supremacist vote that rose up in horrifying numbers would’ve been placated by a Jewish progressive suggests that the voters weren’t really racist, thus taking the focus off the racist element we need to be addressing.
Hi from Canada.
I wholeheartedly agree with this message, and I promise to take it to heart. I am white, and I come from a very “redneck” family and I am continually shocked by the callousness that comes out of their mouths. And, frankly, the mouths of a LOT of the white people, men and women, who I work with in an industry that is often hostile to anyone other than white people. In the past, I have been vocal about my support for initiatives that seek to help women, immigrants, and LGBT individuals. But I have not always loudly denounced the voices of others when they said things that were contrary to those beliefs.
I didn’t get to vote in your election. But the results have absolutely destroyed something inside of my heart. And at work the next day, as I was holding back my tears, I witnessed one of my co-workers, who is Muslim and whose father an immigrant, break down and tell me that she didn’t know how to NOT take it personally that so many white people voted for Trump and that so many other white people, the “good” ones, let it happen. And I have never felt so ashamed in my life. I talked to my Dad that night, and it was not a comfortable conversation because I love him very much and we are super close… but I needed him to know that it is not ok to defend Trump. That he can’t do that in my presence. And that I won’t be quiet anymore when such things are said. He was respectful, and I’m hopeful that I can change his mind. And I promise that I will always speak up and speak against these people and these viewpoints going forward, because whatever else I don’t want to be one of the “good” ones that let something like this happen ever again. I’m sorry. I don’t know what to say to everyone we failed except sorry. I am looking into ways that I can help at the local level in my community that will empower women of all cultural backgrounds and skin colours, whether through English tutoring or child minding at the women’s shelters.
My thoughts are with you. And I will try to make sure that I am putting actions behind those thoughts, because you’re right; white people need to take responsibility for their hate, and that will never happen if we are silent and complicit.
Except Nate Silver pointed out that the white “surge” was not that high. Trump posted only a slight improvement over Romney’s numbers when it came to white people. The narrative that white people were flooding the streets for Trump sounds convenient, but it didn’t actually happen.
I see very few people pointing out that Trump, while not winning with minorities, did exceedingly better among them then expected. He was expected to post Latino numbers in the single digits. Instead, he got 1 in 3. That is jaw-dropping. He also got 1 in 3 Asian Americans. Again, far better than expected. Black Americans were the only minority group to go very strongly against him (although bizarrely, he posted very well among under 30 black men, which I find bizarre). This should be a strong message to Democrats that they cannot take POC for granted. But I see almost nobody discussing it, in favor of the “evil white” angle.
(And to be clear, I am not saying that white people did not play a role. But Silver’s math shows that the “white surge” alone could not elect him – the POC numbers are also part of the equation).
Sam:
I googled that, re-read 538’s analysis, and I’m not seeing the supporting arguments that the “white surge” was not the deciding factor. Do you have a link? Yes, the votes among ethnic minority groups were surprising, but there was in fact a huge surge in white women voting for Trump. I think we all mis-judged how many white women identify with racist angry white men. No matter how much contempt and outright disgust Trump showed for women, these women let racism drive their votes. It’s about who’s at the bottom of the totem poll, right? Apparently a much larger percentage of white women than we imagined would rather push other groups below them than work to improve their own status in society.
I’m not sure I trust Nate Silver’s “math” anymore these days lol. But here’s a link to a NYT analysis, with graphs, breaking down and depicting what went on with the voters this election, and how Trump consolidated his gains with whites while also getting support from POC to win:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/08/us/elections/exit-poll-analysis.html
Bettyrose: the problem with your argument is that you are not considering the weighted percentage, which must take total overall voter rate into account. Right now, you are merely looking at percentages of TOTAL voters. But you are forgetting one crucial piece: total voter participation rates (VPRs).
This is the truth of things:
1.) In years past, US voter turnout rates generally hover between 55-60% – peaking in 2008 with a slight dip in 2012, but still higher than in the past.
2.) 2016’s VPR, as far as well can tell, is around 51-54% – a good bit lower than years past! Most analysts attribute this to the fact that many voters strongly disliked both Trump and Clinton and could not bring themselves to vote for either.
3.) Of the white female voters who DID show up, a majority voted for Trump – that is totally true. However, you must take that in context of total VPR, which was depressed from years past. The biggest truth is that young women really did not turn out.
4.) Out of all white female eligible voters, a majority did not vote from Trump. The best estimates are that between 20% to 30% did. That looks far different than what you’ve been reading, right?
5.) The big problem is that “white women turned out in droves to vote for Trump.” The problem is “white women were not enthused about Clinton and a lot of them didn’t vote. That is not a positive thing by any means, but it is also not “evil whitey voted to screw the POC.” That’s not exactly true either.
So in short, while we can analyze why Trump got a larger share of white women than expected (however, you should also know that he performed above expectations with Latino and Asian women). But the real issue is that white women just didn’t turn out.
Thanks, Othersam & STP. I appreciate your points and I see the risk of trying to villify “whitey.” Like everyone, I’m stuggling to understand. The idea of white women staying home angers me to the point of rage at the sheer selfishness of it. We’ve all voted for candidates we weren’t passionate about, and we know the presidential election isn’t a truly democratic process, but you suck it up. Vote for the lesser evil if you truly can’t see deeper than simplistic dichotomies, and get active in your communities to bring about change locally.
So, yeah, I’m guilty of wanting someone to blame. But the culture wars following 9/11 didn’t do much to improve dialogue across socioeconomic lines, and we need to be more thoughtful and measured in our responses this time. (Which is why I’m on here and not calling my red state in laws to scream bloody murder.)
Except white society is by far the most progressive and tolerant society on the planet. You POC check out how women/lgbt/minorities are treated in societies with no whites. Go spend some time to China, India, Arabia or Uganda.
And with that I don’t mean that you shouldn’t protest. White society has many, many MANY problems that need to be fixed, including rampant racism, but it’s ridiculous to see people talking non stop about how evil whites are when every other race in power has created a society that’s way worse.
*applauds*
I wish, as a white woman, I could disagree with you. But sadly I know too many white women who enthusiastically voted for Trump. Some of them are the nicest people I know. It blows my mind. I also know many white women who are devastated that Clinton lost. There just aren’t enough of us.
Read this essay yesterday and hers was much better than Schumer’s BS. As in she’s not invalidating people’s horrified feelings or sadness.
The mockingjay has spoken.
pandemic of liberal butt hurts
Joe Momma troll face
Joe, if we all keep sneering at each other this isn’t going to end well for anyone.
After eight years of boohoo Birthers and petulant Obstructionists and whiny, cowardly keyboard warriors? Relax sweetheart. You’ve got a long way to go.
We should not be defeated, we should be angry. I am angry. But am I surprised? No.
And I’m tired of people saying “this is not who we are”. This IS who we are. As a nation, this is who we are. This is who we have always been. We have always been a nation that has been racist, xenophobic, misogynistic, you name it. Land o the free always applied only to certain people. And as time goes on I’m losing faith we’ll ever change.
I’m still emerging from the fog of “I truly didn’t know this is who we are.” Of course I knew there were racist, bigoted, hateful people in America, but I didn’t understand how many.
White supremacy reigned, along with misogyny and queer phobia, so many levels of domination and hate. I grieve, but I will keep up the daily fight against racism and misogyny and queerphobia.
Yes, we need to stay angry and fight for justice for everyone (and try to protect our planet for the next generations). And as a white middle aged woman I agree with the poster above that while we all have to speak out, I also realize that I’m in a position to speak out with less risk to myself so I need to speak even louder. And yes, I’m beyond disappointed in the white women who let their racism trump everything else. My only hope is that the next four years will show them that the awful man they voted for hates them too.
DORITO DUST 2024!!!!
Amendment: Lawrence / Woodley 2028
Give them some time to grow up and give a proper 2 terms to Obama / Warren ticket.
I appreciate her words. I truly am glad she spoke out. That said, I’m getting tired of be nice to others blah blah. It’s easy for her to promote peace and love for others who voted otherwise. She is still part of Trump and his cohorts’ vision of “true” America. She is white, young, beautiful and rich. She doesn’t have to live with the fear that is permeating among those Trump has excluded. Glad to hear her voice but sad to say I’m already tired of this message. I feel left behind. I have nothing but anger right now at those who left me behind. I am sure it will pass.
Your last two sentences are exactly how I still feel post Brexit, I know I shouldn’t compare the two situations but it’s hard not too.
It’s a very ugly hard time at the moment, a time to stand and be strong, angry and strong not defeated.
No I agree with you, I was depressed post Brexit, now I’m just twice as depressed after Trump. How can two ‘civilized’ (I’m saying that advisedly right now) , Western nations produce such willfully ignorant people? They must have been driven by total fear, fear of change, fear of equality and the belief that they would lose their privilege as a result. That so many white women voted for him is just heartbreaking – a classic “I’m alright Jack and F*ck you” move that’s a real kick in the teeth for anybody not white, straight, privileged.
‘every sane, sentient, inclusionist, woke ally’
But everyone here will be back to outing people soon
She means well, I can see that.
But I wonder if she saw the stat of how many white women without college degrees (like her) voted for Trump.
And that is relevant how? She graduated high school with a 3.9 GPA and was planning to become a nurse if her acting career didn’t work out. It’s not like she’s part of the demographic of white women who decided forgo college just to marry young and be a housewife.
Seems like you just shoehorned that in just to have something snarky to say about her.
Are we now supposed to “wonder” if any hispanic, asian, or young black male actors saw the stats of how many people voted for Trump in their demographic?
I like her well enough as a person actually. I just don’t think the people she is trying to talk to (i.e women) are going to listen to her. That is all. It’s pessimism speaking, not dislike of Jennifer Lawrence. They have voted against their own interests, and will most likely continue to do so.
I’m not surprised when men vote for other men. I am surprised by the white woman statistic for Trump however. Who wouldn’t be? They’re the ones most likely to be groped without consent by him, yet they voted for him. There are very specific reasons why women voting for Trump would be more shocking than a man doing so (not that I think the men are any more logical — I’m just less shocked by it).
I also don’t find it odd to wonder if she saw the statistic. She wrote an essay people are responding to. If a Hispanic A-list male actor writes a similar essay, I’ll wonder the same thing then. The essay from an A-list Hispanic actor hasn’t happened yet (although the stats of hispanic, asian, and young black people voting for Trump still seems considerably less than how white women, both educated and non-educated, chose to vote for him).
I think she had good intentions, but no to all of this. She is a wealthy white woman. She’ll be fine. She has no right to tell POC, Muslims, and the LGBTQ community not to “riot” (interesting choice of word there, too, since so far the protesters have been relatively peaceful in most states). I read an article on the HuffPo this morning with stories of attacks on women and minorities across the country (one woman of color was told to sit at the back of the bus). As a Hispanic, I am worried about the safety of myself and my parents. She is a white woman from Kentucky. Maybe she has the luxury of “loving her neighbor” more than ever, but many of us do not.
And by the way, I am tired of people saying we need to “unite” and reach out to people who voted for Trump. I can never be united with something who is a bigot, racist, and/or misogynist, nor can I ever unite with people who voted for someone who will destroy our liberties and be responsible for millions of deaths through increased violence and the repeal of the ACA. Oh, and Jennifer, many of us have been “trying hard” for years to improve this country and gain freedoms for oppressed groups. Telling us to try harder is condescending bullshit, and it’s not the answer. We have a political system that actually is rigged against the will of the people due to corporate influence, the electoral college, the gutting of the voting right’s act, and gerrymandering. Protesting loudly and making our voices heard is the only answer.
I much prefer your ‘essay’.
This. I like Jennifer and she has good intentions but so many of us are raw and angry. It reeks of white savior and having a wealthy, white, straight, uneducated woman (a huge demographic that elected Trump), one who has used words like “slutty power lesbian,” lecture to us is just not good timing when we are still so angry.
Please don’t tell me to love the people who would happily call me a variety of racial slurs and to not be angry. I’ve been called the n word by a white person three effing times in the past year, and I chalk that up to the rise of Trump. Before that, I had only been called it once by a white person in twenty odd years. I’m lucky to live in a big liberal city where overt racism is mostly frowned upon. I worry about my friends and family who live in other areas. They are hanging nooses in parts of Alabama out of windows and burning gay pride flags in upstate New York.
We’re allowed to be angry that a President endorsed by David Duke was elected, a President who accused our sitting President of being born in Kenya. Will I channel that anger into something productive? Yes. But three days later is not the time for someone like Jennifer Lawrence to tell us that. This is the epitome of white feminism.
Me too. I too am tired of being told to go off and serenely garden until it’s your turn again,, or just understand that sometimes President McFarty T-Rexes win. These were offered as comfort, but it still demontrates a lack of comprehension of just how fundamentally things have changed in this country. How dangerous it’s become for so many. You can’t make nice with people like this. TheylI stab you in the back with that olive branch. I agree that unity, organization, speech and perseverance are important and necessary starts, but this time, this time, Im afraid it’s going to take more. Perhaps it’s just my fatigue and the third stage of grief talking. These people now have unprecedented power now and they are unfit to wield it. Theyll also do anything to keep it . Theyll mess with elections before they let themselves be challenged.
I wrote this on facebook last night and I really do think it’s true:
I’m going to try to stop posting about the election after today, for both my mental health and yours. But for now I will say that the election of Trump has reignited that fire in my belly I had during the Bush administration. And I’m guessing a lot of you might feel the same way. I got complacent during Obama’s two terms. But now they’ve awoken a sleeping giant in so many people and that gives me hope for the next four years.
Jen u are not our white saviour, quit it. She probably means well but uh like life is good for her no matter. She’s a priveledged, rich, white woman with everything going for her. Yeah she’s probably grieving but her words are completely empty to me.
I see a lot of posting about the white women who voted for Trump. It should be noted that those women are the same women who say things like “Im not a feminist, but…”. These are the type of women that bullied poor and gay girls in school and drive around with proud redneck bumper stickers and call freaks like me “white trash” for having piercings, tats, and flying my freak flag. They were never part of the feminist movement. They were part of the making biscuits and fetching their husbands beer and going to racist evangelical church in the middle of the country movement. I see a lot of pretending that there are not millions of variations of people who identify and are part of various groups that intersect.
Or can you guys tell by looking at my skin tone that my family are multi racial, multi cultural, outsiders who have been messed with HARD by the same honky tonk morons who voted for Trump? No you can’t tell.
I doubt any woman who voted for trump is exactly a free person. I believe they live under the rule of their husbands, are self loathing, and products of a heavily religious upbringing that clouds their judgment about rights women should naturally have as equal citizens.
No one is denying there are good white allies. We’re pointing out that a huge percentage of white women voted for a misogynistic jerk and that speaks to something that is DEEPLY BROKEN in America. Look at Shaun King’s twitter and see how this has emboldened a series of racist attacks in America. I feel a little uneasy here being a black woman even in my big liberal West Coast city. I worry about my parents who still speak with an accent. It doesn’t matter that we’re all citizens to the raging masses (even if we weren’t citizens we still wouldn’t deserve bad treatment). And I worry most about my family in those red states.
What’s also infuriating is that so few people, and I’ll call out the mainstream media for this too, refused to acknowledge that there was a serious white lash against Obama. I read several media outlets and I can think of maybe nine stories that addressed the intense racism that colored some of the criticism of Obama. That’s not to say other media outlets didn’t cover it, but mainstream media would rather write a million stories about Clinton’s emails than do some hard hitting work on how f*cking awful and racist the GOP was in their attitude towards Obama.
I understand you and what you’re saying and agree. Its really broken.
How about this? Its just a hope but I hope going forward we can all look at each other and say,”Ok so you are scared s**tless too? Ok then from now on we are on the same team. And thats team Oh My God We Must Save Ourselves From This”.
Women unified can accomplish some really good sh*t. I swear on it.
this girl really can’t win. She’s damned when she speaks and tries to be an ally (and quite eloquently, I might add) and she’s damned when she’s being goofy and funny. She expressed an opinion and she’s trying to work though her emotions about this election as well. Everyone has their own way of dealing with the catastrophe that just happened. Speaking as a person of color, I may not agree with everything she said (because I am angry) but I understand her sentiments. I didn’t get “white savior” at all from what she said. Anyone reading that much into her essay may just be projecting their own feelings to a woman who doesn’t deserve it.
I feel all of the emotions she describes so articulately. I’m too old to fight or to tolerate a Trump/Gingrich/Christie/Giuliani/Ryan-run government. My closest friends, family and I are emigrating to Canada. Since I expect Trump to govern with a scorched-earth mentality and to wreck all that’s good about America for years to come, and given my age, I probably won’t live here again. It gives me no joy to write this, especially on this day, because I am the daughter, sister, and widow of veterans. I also have a beloved part-Cuban grandson who is going to Canada. He deserves better than Trump, as do my other four grandchildren.
I think the reason voter turnout was so low was because this election was horrifying, Trump was exhausting to the media, to Democrats, to the American people and to everyone around the world. People were burying their heads in the sand, hoping it would just go away and Hillary would quietly take over and it’d be business as usual.
This is what Trump does though. His campaign was very much his style; he harangues, he talks over, he shouts and tweets and talks out of both sides of his mouth until he gets what he wants without having to compromise a single thing.
Also, no one is really talking about voter suppression in North Carolina, and I was shocked that Hillarys campaign and the democrats didn’t make a big deal about the 4,000 disenfranchised voters whose registration was revoked in the follow up to the election! There were some shady things going on by republican groups to get people de-registered in poor or liberal leaning places. And the media dropped the ball in not focusing on it.
What gives me a glimmer of hope is an article I saw where people are wearing safety pins in solidarity with those who don’t feel safe and marginalized.
Yep, there’s a reason why she’s so likeable. What’s below the surface is pretty awesome.
Alright. I”ve dusted myself off and have regained my bearings. We need Jill Stein to run for the Democrat nomination at the next election on the same platform she would’ve run on as a Green candidate. More on this later.
Hmm, I didn’t read the riot line to mean we shouldn’t be angry – she is in fact saying that we SHOULD be angry. I interpreted her intent to say we shouldn’t lose sight of the need to productively protect the vulnerable in society. Rioting sends its own message, but the energy required to “burn everything down” has its limits. Inevitably, we are going to wind up having to survive this together – and that means utilizing what avenues exist to protect those who need it.