deanrd
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White Appalachia poor
Republicans on the USMB go on endlessly about poor blacks and poor Hispanics. They never, ever bring up the staggering number of poor whites. Especially those living in Appalachia. These people are under siege. Many of their problems are the same problems Republicans point to poor black or poor Hispanic communities with scorn. Crime, out of wedlock births. In fact, infant mortality has risen, and people are dying younger.
The idea of white privilege in these communities has simply gone away because of their rural location.
More likely, they will just stop voting. Then they run the risk of a lack of representation.
As long as Republicans can trick them with religion and guns, they will still keep voting Republican. But will that eventually no longer work? Just like drugs in the inner city, the Appalachian area is being swept up in addiction. When you are an addict, you think less and less of religion and guns.
The Health 202: Appalachian death from drug overdoses far outpace nation’s
America's poorest white town: abandoned by coal, swallowed by drugs
Republicans are ignoring their base. They got lucky in the perfect storm of the last election. Hillary won by three million and another 7 million voted other candidates. That's over 10 million that voted against Trump. Yet he won. I suspect there will be a much more united front next time.
Republicans on the USMB go on endlessly about poor blacks and poor Hispanics. They never, ever bring up the staggering number of poor whites. Especially those living in Appalachia. These people are under siege. Many of their problems are the same problems Republicans point to poor black or poor Hispanic communities with scorn. Crime, out of wedlock births. In fact, infant mortality has risen, and people are dying younger.
The idea of white privilege in these communities has simply gone away because of their rural location.
More likely, they will just stop voting. Then they run the risk of a lack of representation.
As long as Republicans can trick them with religion and guns, they will still keep voting Republican. But will that eventually no longer work? Just like drugs in the inner city, the Appalachian area is being swept up in addiction. When you are an addict, you think less and less of religion and guns.
The Health 202: Appalachian death from drug overdoses far outpace nation’s
America's poorest white town: abandoned by coal, swallowed by drugs
Republicans are ignoring their base. They got lucky in the perfect storm of the last election. Hillary won by three million and another 7 million voted other candidates. That's over 10 million that voted against Trump. Yet he won. I suspect there will be a much more united front next time.