- Feb 21, 2016
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Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton perpetuate and benefit from white supremacy. “Lesser evil” in an anti-black political system does not exist.
http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2016/07/election2016-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/
“To not vote for Hillary is to vote for Trump” is a refrain that liberals have championed this election season. It often rears its ugly head when leftists or black radicals denounce the two-party system, raising significant concerns about Hillary Clinton’s neoliberal tactics alongside Donald Trump’s rabid racism. It also appears when folks deeply question what “democracy” is when our votes aid in the advancement of black and brown social, economic and physical death. It’s also palpable when freedom fighters chop at the rotten tree that bears the branches of both the Democratic and Republican parties.
But a vote for Hillary Clinton is not a vote against Trump. Indeed, a vote for Clinton is a vote for white supremacy, and a vote for Trump is also a vote for white supremacy. The question becomes how folks want white supremacy to be packaged.
http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2016/07/election2016-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/
“To not vote for Hillary is to vote for Trump” is a refrain that liberals have championed this election season. It often rears its ugly head when leftists or black radicals denounce the two-party system, raising significant concerns about Hillary Clinton’s neoliberal tactics alongside Donald Trump’s rabid racism. It also appears when folks deeply question what “democracy” is when our votes aid in the advancement of black and brown social, economic and physical death. It’s also palpable when freedom fighters chop at the rotten tree that bears the branches of both the Democratic and Republican parties.
But a vote for Hillary Clinton is not a vote against Trump. Indeed, a vote for Clinton is a vote for white supremacy, and a vote for Trump is also a vote for white supremacy. The question becomes how folks want white supremacy to be packaged.