Mr Trump has questioned Ms Harris's racial identity.

[fantome profane]

I want everybody to think back a week ago. Maybe not even a week, just a few days. Not long, you can remember.

Remember when the Republicans were still all upset about Biden dropping out and Kamala being on he ticket? And remember that they said the only reason Biden picked her to be his VP in the first place was because she was black? Remember those days?

 

[Kathryn]

Can you guess where this picture came from?

Trump Doubles Down on “Kamala Isn’t Black” Argument With New Photo

That's right. Trump posted it in his Truth Social platform. Just as even some Republicans were distancing themselves from Trump's racist attack on Kamala Harris's identification with her African heritage, his proxies are busy in social media carrying the talking point forward. This is truly a disgusting tactic, but it is more than likely to backfire. Not only does it insult and alienate blacks, but it is also highly insulting to Indian Americans, who would be more likely to vote for Trump in greater numbers than blacks.

Nevertheless, the tactic can play well with some of Trump's base voters, because it feeds the familiar tactic of turning an opponent's strength into a perceived weakness. So they will start shamelessly promoting the meme in social media that she is some kind of a racial poser, or, as one person put it in this forum, a "race chameleon".

Even if every single Indian American voted for Trump, which they won't, the Indian population is about 1/10th that of the African American population. Just to put some things into perspective.

Trump has 17 percent at least of the African American vote, or did, I don't know what the figures are today. But more than Indian Americans.

 

[Twilight Hue]

She used to push her indian identity but now its time to be black.

Oh don't worry. The chameleon woman will switch her race when it's convenient to-do so.

 

[LuisDantas]

I think you're totally missing the point.

I don't know about @SkepticThinker , but I certainly am.

What is the point?

 

[Twilight Hue]

I want everybody to think back a week ago. Maybe not even a week, just a few days. Not long, you can remember.

Remember when the Republicans were still all upset about Biden dropping out and Kamala being on he ticket? And remember that they said the only reason Biden picked her to be his VP in the first place was because she was black? Remember those days?

I do. Race and skin color is far more important than actual qualifications and capabilities of an individual for the left wing.

 

[Kathryn]

Oh don't worry. The chameleon woman will switch her race when it's convenient to-do so.

There's not likely to be a convenient time. You know, it used to bug the HECK out of me when the press (it was usually the press) would identify Obama as "the first black President." He was the first PART BLACK President! I mean, I still got a kick out of the idea of his two daughters running thru the halls of the White House but dang. Don't dismiss his mother Stanley.

 

[anotherneil]

I wonder what percent of people are just one race or ethnicity, here in the US.

I've known for a long time that I myself am multi-ethnic, but I didn't know how diverse it was until my mother took a 23 and Me test. My father's mostly Irish, with some Scottish and possibly some English or Welsh, that I know of.

My mother's DNA test shows mainly Spanish, with a significant amount of Native American, and some Greek, Italian, Ashkenazi Jewish, Middle Eastern, Northern African, Sub-Saharan African, other Asian, and a few other things sprinkled in it that I don't remember. My Colombian grandfather had very strong German ethnic features, but from what I understand, some of the genetic ethnicity from fathers doesn't appear in their daughters. Anyhow, it seems like the only significant ethnicities I'm missing are Indian (as in South Asia), Aborigine Australian, and Polynesian or South Pacific Ocean.

Based on my own background, I have a feeling that perhaps few individuals here in the US are only one race or ethnicity.

 

[Kathryn]

I am nearly 100 percent Northern European, which means basically English, Scottish, and German in my case. Ask me how I know. I mean, you have to go back a long, long way to find any other ethnicities, and then they're like Finnish or whatever.

 

[anotherneil]

I don't know about @SkepticThinker , but I certainly am.

What is the point?

That an individual's ethnicity isn't what makes them a good or bad person, only their character.

This seems to be something that socialists & folks on the political Left can't seem to understand or accept.

 

[anna.]

Oh don't worry. The chameleon woman will switch her race when it's convenient to-do so.

Such hatred and racism in that JD Vance talking point you're repeating.

 

[Kathryn]

That an individual's ethnicity isn't what makes them a good or bad person, only their character.

This seems to be something that socialists & folks on the political Left can't seem to understand or accept.

This is one of my all time favorite quotes!

 

[Kathryn]

This is one of my all time favorite quotes!

LOL maybe in part it's because I have four kids. Who happen to be biracial.

 

[LuisDantas]

I do. Race and skin color is far more important than actual qualifications and capabilities of an individual for the left wing.

You have mispelled "right".

 

[LuisDantas]

That an individual's ethnicity isn't what makes them a good or bad person, only their character.

Indeed.

That is our point - and what Trump tries to deny. Continually.

This seems to be something that socialists & folks on the political Left can't seem to understand or accept.

It is not.

You are welcome.

 

[fantome profane]

I do. Race and skin color is far more important than actual qualifications and capabilities of an individual for the left wing.

Sure, but what you don't remember is anyone objecting by saying "but she isn't black, she is Indian".

No one said that. No one said that when Joe Biden decided not to run in this election. And no one said that four years ago when Joe Biden picked her as his VP.

No one said she wasn't black until the orange man decided to question her racial identity because he was asked a hard question he could not answer.

 

[Kathryn]

Sure, but what you don't remember is anyone objecting by saying "but she isn't black, she is Indian".

No one said that. No one said that when Joe Biden decided not to run in this election. And no one said that four years ago when Joe Biden picked her as his VP.

No one said she wasn't black until the orange man decided to question her racial identity because he was asked a hard question he could not answer.

I have been hearing forever that she is half Indian. Personally, I'm tired of hearing and thinking about the whole thing.

 

[Twilight Hue]

There's not likely to be a convenient time. You know, it used to bug the HECK out of me when the press (it was usually the press) would identify Obama as "the first black President." He was the first PART BLACK President! I mean, I still got a kick out of the idea of his two daughters running thru the halls of the White House but dang. Don't dismiss his mother Stanley.

It's sad to be in a society where race is the most important in terms of priorities as if it's absolutely essential over anything else out there.

All that does is proves to people that racism actually is a valid path to take because the emphasis on skin color alone is now a preferred means to an end.

I'd rather see a society where a person's chosen because of their qualifications and abilities regardless of skin color, but instead they do the opposite of skin color first, qualifications second.

It's essentially the same racist philosophies used by the worst of humanity turned around now and pointed in yet another direction solving nothing.

 

[Pogo]

 

[anotherneil]

I do. Race and skin color is far more important than actual qualifications and capabilities of an individual for the left wing.

I had to give this post a "like"-click because of the snarky & humorless reply you got to this in a post by a different forum member.

 

[Twilight Hue]

I had to give this post a "like"-click because of the snarky & humorless reply you got to this in a post by a different forum member.

Heh....snarky. "0)

It's interesting since Biden himself put race to the forefront in spite of objections to the contrary.

Hell , Biden literally got himself a standing ovation and endless cheering by putting a person's race to the forefront as the most important thing. His black VP.

You would think she was a trophy or something.