Posted on 09/19/2016 6:33:46 AM PDT by pabianice
... Trump winning the election in November is not reason to leave; on the contrary, it is the very reason we need to stay. To get to where he is today, the Republican nominee for president of the United States of America, Trump appealed to less educated, blue-collar workers living in racially isolated areas, who feel that their voices are not being heard. To do so, he played on a fear that immigrants take American jobs, a fear that terrorism will spill into American borders and the general fear that America is no longer what it used to be. As a result, he amplified xenophobic, Islamaphobic, homophobic and other “othering” sentiments.
Consequently, Trump winning the election is not the main issue. Whether or not he wins the presidential election, his followers will remain, and so will the toxic sentiments that he brought to the surface. As these tensions rise, it becomes ever more important to combat injustice and fight for the rights of underrepresented groups.
That being said, the comments Trump has made throughout his campaign do pose potentially dangerous futures for minorities that Trump is targeting. Based on Trump’s proposed policies regarding Muslims and immigrants, America very well may become a dangerous place to live for those groups of people.
According to a poll by Vox/Morning Consult, 53 percent of Hispanic people, 38 percent of African Americans and 43 percent of “other nonwhite” people who participated in the poll answered that they were “very likely” or “somewhat likely” to “consider moving to another country, such as Canada...”
Maral Margossian is the Opinion & Editorial Editor and can be reached at mmargossian@umass.edu.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycollegian.com ...
U Mass leftie moron.
Forget Canada - make a real statement and move to North Korea or Venezuela....
(yawn).....these people haven’t changed since Bush won re-election and none of them left. They even made a crappy movie called Blue State which says basically the same thing this author is saying.
Talk about elitism! Just like Hillary, they brand anyone who doesn't agree with them as "Deplorables".
If Trump targets illegals, from anywhere, then all the better for us. We don’t need any more law breakers...we have enough already.
Many moved to Canada because Obama won the elections. There was an exodus to Canada in 2008 and 2012.
When Trump wins these expats will move back to the USA from Canada, and they will bring their capital with them from off shore locations where it is legally resting and bearing interest.
According to a poll by Vox/Morning Consult, 53 percent of Hispanic people, 38 percent of African Americans and 43 percent of “other nonwhite” people who participated in the poll answered that they were “very likely” or “somewhat likely” to “consider moving to another country, such as Canada...”....
PLEASE!!! OH PLEASE!!!! PLEASE OH PLEASE!!!!! I’LL CHIP IN A THOUSAND!!!! DO IT!!! YOU’RE RIGHT!! IT’T NOT SAFE HERE!! GET OUT WHILE YOU CAN!!!!
I figure there is a pretty good chance that when Trump wins there will be a lot of mayhem in our cities. Put yourself in the shoes of a rabid Obama supporter coming to grips with a world with a republican congress and Trump as president. The party is over. Now what?
Well, what usually works for them? And they have until January 20th to do it.
So the imported snowflakes are feeling nervous that their intrusions my no longer be welcomed?
I fail to see the problem. I suspect their anxiety is the result of their no longer being welcome.
WEll, then there now - That's enough by itself to vote for Trump ;)
Hey, dipwad, legal visa holders and illegal immigrants take $400 BILLION out of the economy EVERY YEAR! It's called the “Diversity Tax” in the following article:
Polls...polls...polls....polls told us the REpublican elites loved us and every thing was the Dems fault....
Lol like its uneducated ppl that are the only ones afraid of getting blown up or stabbed by a Muslim....I’m thinking Chelsea residents are even more afraid
I think all of the Trump haters should move to California where they can get their liberal policies that they like.
“he played on a fear that immigrants take American jobs, a fear that terrorism will spill into American borders and the general fear that America is no longer what it used to be.”
They do, it has, and it’s not. That’s not fear, that’s recognizing reality.
The U Mass marshmallow major uses the term “less educated”.
He/she/it keeps using those words.
I do not think those words mean what they “think” it means.
Avoid laughing when you realize that the low IQ author will get a degree from that joke of an institution.
“...Trump appealed to less educated, blue-collar workers living in racially isolated areas...”
I was an Adjunct Professor for 12 years.
I’m voting for Trump.
Move to Canada, build a wall, keep out the deplorable.
Only read the first paragraph and LMAO.
Ummm....., I’m college educated. I’m voting Trump.
BTW, immigrants *are* taking manufacturing jobs. And terrorism has arrived on our shores.
SO STFU!
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