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Toni Morrison: White Voters ‘Eagerly Embraced’ Trump Out Of Fear Of A ‘Collapse of White Privilege’
Breitbart ^ | 22 nov 2016 | Jerome Hudson

Posted on 11/23/2016 4:03:19 AM PST by drewh

Author Toni Morrison says white Americans overwhelmingly supported President-elect Donald Trump due to fears that “their natural superiority is being lost.” “Unlike any nation in Europe, the United States holds whiteness as the unifying force,” Morrison writes in an essay for the New Yorker, entitled “Mourning for Whiteness.”

Morrison catalogues an apparent list of concerns held by white Trump voters: “There are ‘people of color’ everywhere, threatening to erase this long-understood definition of America. And what then? Another black President? A predominantly black Senate? Three black Supreme Court Justices? The threat is frightening.”

The Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning author also explains the lengths white Americans have gone to “restore whiteness to its former status as a marker of national identity”:

Morrison blames the election of Trump on eager “white voters” who “embraced the shame and fear sowed” by the President-elect:

On Election Day, how eagerly so many white voters—both the poorly educated and the well educated—embraced the shame and fear sowed by Donald Trump. The candidate whose company has been sued by the Justice Department for not renting apartments to black people. The candidate who questioned whether Barack Obama was born in the United States, and who seemed to condone the beating of a Black Lives Matter protester at a campaign rally. The candidate who kept black workers off the floors of his casinos. The candidate who is beloved by David Duke.

Morrison’s is one of sixteen such post-election essays on “Trump’s America” appearing in the November 21 print edition of the New Yorker.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: racisttoni; tonimorrison; whites
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To: drewh

Every time I see the term “White Privilege” I translate it as “White Competence” and the articles seem to make a lot more sense.


41 posted on 11/23/2016 5:01:08 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: drewh
This is a joke. This was an election in which the final choice was between a white man and a white woman. The only non-whites running were in the primaries on the Republican side, and if any of them had become the candidate white Republicans would have voted for them in the general election, and the left would have tried to destroy them. Further, several states that went to the white man over the white woman this election cycle voted for Obama instead of the white man the last two Presidential elections. What she is spouting is pure racism.
42 posted on 11/23/2016 5:02:38 AM PST by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: drewh

I’ll bet there are a lot of black Americans who would like some of your celeb privilege. Racist America, BTW, has helped to make Oprah one of the richest people in the world. How’d that happen, Toni?


43 posted on 11/23/2016 5:03:13 AM PST by Bigg Red (To Thee, O Lord, I lift my soul. Thank you for saving our Republic.)
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To: drewh

Let me say Toni is a teeny bit correct.

Normal white heterosexuals have been buried under assault, as special privileges from AA to pervert bathroom privileges have been accorded on an “anything-but-white” basis. She calls it “fear of loss of privilege”, while I call it “sick of persecution.”

It’s a matter of framing. And yes, I’m proud to have voted for Trump.


44 posted on 11/23/2016 5:06:15 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: drewh
White privilege? What exactly does this mean.

As a white guy, I get to go to work every morning since sixteen years of age, work everyday 8-12 hours a day with narely a sick day for forty some odd years, abide by the law, pay out the nose in taxes, levies, fees to local, county, state and federal entities to pay in part for others medical care, incarceration, education, housing, food assistance...is this white privilege?

Good grief! Liberals are sooooo freakin messed up in the head.

45 posted on 11/23/2016 5:06:31 AM PST by servantboy777
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To: drewh

Toni Morrison ‘eagerly attacks’ Trump voters out of fear of a ‘Collapse of Black Privilege’.


46 posted on 11/23/2016 5:11:11 AM PST by kanawa (The 1st job of a 'community organizer' is to disorganize the community)
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To: drewh

I am thoroughly sick of diversity.

What made America great, and what will make it great again is meritocracy. Recruit and promote the best, regardless of race.


47 posted on 11/23/2016 5:11:15 AM PST by CurlyDave
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To: drewh

And so what, white people get to vote and if we are the majority and want others to stay in power that’s what elections are for. Nothing wrong with it.


48 posted on 11/23/2016 5:12:59 AM PST by pangaea6
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To: drewh

You know what? I’m getting tired of this.

So my new position is they’re right—whatever...

Call me a racist. Fine. I’m a racist.

I’m white, after all.

I voted for Trump so white people can continue to rule and enslave people of color.

Oh yeah, slavery is illegal.

Who the hell decided that?

White people. Yah, Tony, you can thank me.


49 posted on 11/23/2016 5:17:43 AM PST by Alas Babylon!
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To: drewh

Racist b_ch.


50 posted on 11/23/2016 5:21:32 AM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (The GOP will see the light, because Trump will make them feel the heat.)
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To: drewh

Just more nonsensical word salad from her....


51 posted on 11/23/2016 5:23:24 AM PST by Wyatt's Torch
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To: drewh

How intellectually confining to base every event in terms of race.


52 posted on 11/23/2016 5:26:03 AM PST by mom.mom
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To: SkyPilot

The unintentionally-funny thing, is that what the cartoon drawer is really implying, is that the rest are genetically incapable of passing the test.

53 posted on 11/23/2016 5:43:16 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: servantboy777
White privilege? What exactly does this mean.

The word "privilege" comes from Latin privus "individual" (see private (adj.)) + lex (genitive legis) "law", or "private law", a special set of rules which benefit the privileged party.

In the US, the privileged people, the ones who benefit from private rules (like affirmative action), are the minorities.

But make that point in a college classroom, and you will be expelled.

54 posted on 11/23/2016 5:49:51 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: drewh

White voters decided the anti-white hate rhetoric coming from the democrat party was enough and dangerous to their families future safety. Gee, they decided not to commit suicide by democrat party.


55 posted on 11/23/2016 6:06:54 AM PST by Lady Heron
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To: Sooth2222

Madame Medusa!


56 posted on 11/23/2016 6:12:31 AM PST by Zirondelle ("disce aut discede")
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To: drewh

She actually wrote that Whites have “natural superiority.” Surprising.


57 posted on 11/23/2016 6:17:21 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: Old Yeller
And I’m sure her Pulitzer and Nobel prizes were awarded to her based on her skill, not her color. You know, like with Obama.

I tried reading Beloved but didn't make it past page fifty.

58 posted on 11/23/2016 6:23:44 AM PST by Rummyfan
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To: drewh

From the looks of it she hasn’t missed many meals.


59 posted on 11/23/2016 6:27:00 AM PST by RU88 (Bow to no man)
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To: drewh

Clean up in cubicle 3, my head just exploded!


60 posted on 11/23/2016 6:29:15 AM PST by DungeonMaster (Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft.)
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