Wow, that's a lot of reading. We especially liked that Slate piece on what people can do about it. Sometimes, you just need some concrete ideas. There's another site we sometimes check out (but rarely take advantage of, due to lack of transportation) that lists ways to serve in your community (based on zipcode). Of course, it's not all specific to these issues, but for our zipcode, we have a few links for opportunities to help refugees. It's here in case anybody's interested.
I think another thing we need to do is educate ourselves about what could have led to this. I mean obviously there was anger and hate involved, but why? We've been reading a lot of articles about that lately--and don't worry, most of them are from the point of view that the people who voted for Trump picked the wrong solution to their problems; they're not trying to convince anyone that a vote for Trump was a good idea. I think the best one is this one at Cracked.com.
I remember that Cracked article, and you're right, it's a good one.
I'll probably do another related linkspam and see if I have anything about the "how did this happen?!" side of things, but right off, I think this one covers a fair bit of the reasoning--the more blatant racism(/misogyny) part. I truly think that's the driving force behind the anger and hatred, right down to horrifying numbers of white women voting for him despite everything. Trump's misogyny is appalling (and I've heard multiple accounts of women and girls being grabbed like he described since he got elected), but Nice White Women are largely socialized to side with white men's interests over their (our) own.
The gutting of the Voting Registration Act (also racism in action) is also a factor, although I don't have stats on the effects beyond the...Wisconsin numbers, I think? IIRC that's where Trump beat Hillary by something like 30,000 votes, while something like 120,000 people who should have been eligible to vote were turned away.
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I think another thing we need to do is educate ourselves about what could have led to this. I mean obviously there was anger and hate involved, but why? We've been reading a lot of articles about that lately--and don't worry, most of them are from the point of view that the people who voted for Trump picked the wrong solution to their problems; they're not trying to convince anyone that a vote for Trump was a good idea. I think the best one is this one at Cracked.com.
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I'll probably do another related linkspam and see if I have anything about the "how did this happen?!" side of things, but right off, I think this one covers a fair bit of the reasoning--the more blatant racism(/misogyny) part. I truly think that's the driving force behind the anger and hatred, right down to horrifying numbers of white women voting for him despite everything. Trump's misogyny is appalling (and I've heard multiple accounts of women and girls being grabbed like he described since he got elected), but Nice White Women are largely socialized to side with white men's interests over their (our) own.
The gutting of the Voting Registration Act (also racism in action) is also a factor, although I don't have stats on the effects beyond the...Wisconsin numbers, I think? IIRC that's where Trump beat Hillary by something like 30,000 votes, while something like 120,000 people who should have been eligible to vote were turned away.
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