re: #332 majii

“A majority of Asian-American voters view Clinton and the Dems positively, Trump and the GOP negatively.”

After the 2012 election, I began researching why more Asians voted for Pres. Obama than for Romney. A comment made by one Asian-American made lots of sense to me. The young lady said she and her family members had been paying attention to the way GOPers treated the president and others, so they concluded that if they treated him/them that way, they’d do the same to Asian-Americans. GOP pols are always saying that the GOP should be the home of Asian-Americans because—- they’re natural conservatives!!!, you know. They’re making the same mistake with Asian-Americans that they’re making with other persons of color—-they’re underestimating their intelligence and assuming that having them witness their nasty attitudes toward other groups will not prevent them from voting for them, but oh, hell, yes, it will.

It’s worth noting that white supremacists often see Asians as ‘acceptable’. See Chuckie and his HAW.

But really, it just reinforces how badly they do Identity Politics. They think, “Gosh, those people are natural Conservatives!”, not grasping that if you’re not white, it is pretty damn clear how central white privilege is to modern Conservatism.