Racist is as racist does
Jul. 18th, 2019 11:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chris_gerribI guess it must be said: demanding a black woman "go back to her country" is racist, full stop. This is of course in response to Trump's demand that Congresswoman Ilhan Omar goes back to Somalia. It's especially racist in that the "logic" is that she's trying to make America like Somalia.
She left Somalia when she was six. She came to America when she was 10. She became a US citizen at age 17. She's American, whether Trump likes it or not.
No, she's not married to her brother. She's been married twice - one man at a time - both times to men with the first name of Ahmed, which is as common as John is in English-speaking countries. One was a US citizen when they married, the other a British citizen. (He went back to Britain.)
In short, the only reason Trump is mad at Omar is that she's the wrong skin color, the wrong sex, and doesn't kiss his ass. Anybody who says otherwise is delusional.
She left Somalia when she was six. She came to America when she was 10. She became a US citizen at age 17. She's American, whether Trump likes it or not.
No, she's not married to her brother. She's been married twice - one man at a time - both times to men with the first name of Ahmed, which is as common as John is in English-speaking countries. One was a US citizen when they married, the other a British citizen. (He went back to Britain.)
In short, the only reason Trump is mad at Omar is that she's the wrong skin color, the wrong sex, and doesn't kiss his ass. Anybody who says otherwise is delusional.
Counterexamples
Date: 2019-07-18 05:16 pm (UTC)The twits may be xenophobic, but not necessarily racist.
Re: Counterexamples
Date: 2019-07-18 05:59 pm (UTC)Exactly
Date: 2019-07-18 06:07 pm (UTC)Re: Exactly
Date: 2019-07-18 07:44 pm (UTC)