Jay Kuo writes,
"DeSantis’s general counsel was asked what 'woke' meant to him. He answered that it is 'the belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them.' He later added that DeSantis does not believe systemic injustices exist in the United States."
#racism #RonDesantis #woke #SystemicRacism
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https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/desantiss-war-on-woke-is-as-troubling
"If you think that was a gaffe, it wasn’t. Rather, it is the explicit view of the governor and would-be leading GOP presidential candidate. DeSantis has stated that he doesn’t believe any systemic racism exists. It’s 'a bunch of horse manure,' he has declared."
Racism? What racism? Systemic injustice? What injustice?
#racism #RonDesantis #woke #SystemicRacism
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In my personal experience, many(most?) southern Republicans will tell you, with a straight face, that the only racial issue in America is that white people are discriminated against. There's polling to indicate this as well.
"A significant majority of Republican voters, 75 percent, said that white Americans are subject to discrimination."
He's simply saying exactly what the average, rural Floridian believes. There's no gaffe there. Whether he believes it's true or not is kind of irrelevant to the larger issue that he believes it's a winning issue that will drive white Americans to vote him into the Presidency.
@BE My experience is the same. We white Southerners have long been "good" at dissembling (and lying outright) about racial matters. When my Trump-voting relatives try those lines on me, I remind them of what I know of their professed racial attitudes and how those are the strongest motivators of their support for Trump.