>>> Dennis Claxton
>Somehow a bunch of white people voted for a Black person
>for president. It's a tiny good thing in a sea of trouble.
"Somehow" suggests this is something new. But couldn't it be the samo "If I do this it means I'm not racist and I don't have to think about all that race stuff that makes me uncomfortable."
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CB: "Somehow" is closer to suggesting this is something rare. Most of these people _already_ think they are not racists and _already_ don't think about all that race stuff much . So, this event causes them to bring forward the race issue, which they usually keep in denial. And voting for a Black person for President _is_ a legitimately anti-racist act for this group of white people. It is a substantive anti-racist action. Not "null politics". They put their money where their mouths - " I am not racist" - are. They value their votes for President. My hat is off to these Iowan White voters.