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"...She said she has been called a racist and a bigot. Asked whether she believes she is, Knowlton, who is white, responded adamantly, “No, because I don’t want to live amongst them..."
"...Her vote for Trump rests in something deeper than policies or proposals. For her, he is her champion, the champion of all of white America... ... “I want my country back,” she said..."
"...data shows that as minorities move into suburbs, white families are making small and personal decisions that add velocity to the momentum... ...They are increasingly choosing to self-segregate into racially isolated communities..." "...So as the country diversifies, white Americans are increasingly choosing to live among each other..."
"...his [Trump] blathering noise is all over the place. The unspoken signal is crystal clear: keep America white.
"...this explains why evangelicals were willing to vote for a man who so clearly did not live by their values – as he promised to keep them dominant..."
This explains why The Cult loves the idea of a wall. They don't care if it's not very effective, it's a symbolic manifestation of their fear of becoming a minority.
I've heard that whites will become a minority somewhere between 2044 and 2050. Given this known trend, how will whites react when 2044 approaches? Will 'white flight' rapidly accelerate? Will they become even more radical, wiling to vote for a Repub politician who's racism is even more overt than Trump's?
So I'm curious about Trump supporters here, How many feel some anxiety, but not panic? How many who fear this trend to the point of personally acting to stop it? And hopw far will they go, or more to the point, how low will they go trying to hang onto their dominance?
Great post. I think as far as how whites will respond when they become a minority, I think it will be no different than the way any other group responds when they become a minority. The first generation will isolate and avoid contact, shunning anything that could be construed as "exotic" and pining for the traditions and values they were raised with. The second generation will befriend people of other cultures and begin to adopt a few mannerisms and beliefs of the other cultures and this will make the first generation intensely uncomfortable. The first generation will die off and the third generation will not even notice that there ever was any difference between "white culture" and the melting pot that their social circle has become.
What's sad is that individuals of the first generation don't HAVE to put themselves through this. Courage and open mindedness can make the transition entirely painless. Many will, but there will always be some (examples of which are all over the DP boards) who will go to their graves living a life of fear and misery at the "loss" of what they approve of to be called "white culture."