Obama’s ‘Constituency Groups’ Checklist Offers No Options for Whites or Men (Congress, health care)
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This country has been run by and for white men from its beginning. Being a white male does not require political action stemming from our whiteness or maleness, whereas other groups have faced discrimination that has required redress, or they are in a category that has specific needs - like "rural Americans", one of the survey's constituency groups. There are plenty of white male rural Americans, as well as educators, senior citizens, students, young professionals, and business owners, which are also listed.
White male Americans form the bulk of our elected politicians, from Congress to state legislators to governors to mayors. We've always been THE constituency group. Some of us apparently are having a hard time sharing. Is there a particular white male issue that you want govt to respond to?
This country has been run by and for white men from its beginning. Being a white male does not require political action stemming from our whiteness or maleness, whereas other groups have faced discrimination that has required redress, or they are in a category that has specific needs - like "rural Americans", one of the survey's constituency groups. There are plenty of white male rural Americans, as well as educators, senior citizens, students, young professionals, and business owners, which are also listed.
White male Americans form the bulk of our elected politicians, from Congress to state legislators to governors to mayors. We've always been THE constituency group. Some of us apparently are having a hard time sharing. Is there a particular white male issue that you want govt to respond to?
The biggest issue for Conservative White males is there hasn't been one in the White House since 2008. Underneath all this frustration about the election is the undying belief among many Conservative White men is that America is for White males and MUST BE controlled by White males. The fact that a coalition formed of non-Whites, women and non-Conservatives males can win an election is deeply troubling especially since the Republican strategy for the last 48 years has been for focus on the targeting White people and White males in particular. That playbook no longer works.
Shockingly, the screenshot posted in the link "missed" where it asks for gender. I would also go out on a limb and that if you check male and not designate another race, you'd be considered white...But hey RWNJs need reasons to feel oppressed so proceed.
People of faith
Rural Americans
Seniors
Small business owners
Veterans/military families
But let me guess: you don't really think the Obama campaign cares about their needs... in which case your faux outrage over the omission of "whites" and "men" rings rather hollow.
I am white, a male and a taxpayer and I am glad that Mr. Obama is in the White House instead of that plutocrat Romney, who has nothing in common with me except gender and race.
To think that Romney understands more about what a factory worker's life in Kentucky is like, because they are both white, is a preposterous concept. I'd contend that Mr. Obama has more in common with most people, since he grew up middle-class.
Whatever happened to the well paid white and black construction workers?
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