Opinion | There’s a Term for What Happened at the Capitol This Week: ‘Whitelash’

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The whiplash from the Georgia elections to the storming of the Capitol mirrored a familiar pattern in U.S. history of Black advancement followed by white backlash

White Space, Black Hood: Opportunity Hoarding and Segregation in the Age of InequalityJanuary 6, 2021, should have been a day of celebration of American democracy—of a cherished U.S. tradition of peaceful transfer of presidential power, and historic wins for Democrats in the Georgia Senate runoff election. That morning felt particularly celebratory for Black Americans.

Will America ever be able to break this cycle, and what will it take? In the darkness of this week, we should not lose sight of what the Georgia results reinforced: the power of myriad voters, especially Black ones, to make American democracy work better for everyone. Grandpa Herschel never stopped fighting for the radical idea that Black people should vote—but also run for office and be thoroughly actualized citizens that help to build new public institutions that lift up all people. Like many other Black male Southerners, he participated in the “Black and Tan” wing of Republican politics, which warred with the Party of Lincoln’s Southern “Lily White” factions.

 

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Much like 911 when conservatives insisted that all Muslims were terrorists, the shoe is in the other foot now. Karma is a wicked bitch.

Are all democrats black communists? Are all non-democrat whites capital invaders? Looking at freedoms enshrined in the bill of rights under attack vs. a racial lens is a non-sequitur to the last 4 years and equally polarizing.

I wonder if trumps terrorists are still demanding terrorists be water boarded.

I applaud your grandfather. But, coining the term ‘whitelash’ is incendiary & shows the depths of the soiling of the Civil Rights Movement by your new master: a coalition of anti Christianity abortion eugenists.The Rev. Warnock a preacher at Ebenezer Baptist is a descent 2 hell.

So our conclusion is humanity cannot be helped in repeating any previous horrors...thanks I'll prepare for the end.

'Without federal protection of Black voters, the Ku Klux Klan and other secret societies became the terrorist wing of the Democratic Party. Resistance to Black participation in politics and lawmaking was systemic.' 1/

It is always important to remind people we've been here before. White supremacy is embedded in the founding of this country, via 'manifest destiny' and certainly of the history you describe.

Black advancement? Democrats have been in control of 95% of black lives for decades. The only advancement for blacks came under Donald Trumps admin. Stop gaslighting. Dems are the party of the KKK

is not like the US Constitution was written to deal with this..

Just keep stirring the pot what you do.

AdrienneLaw Such patterns have cycled before my disbelieving eyes.

The why elect the man who wrote one of the worst bills for minorities in the last 60 years, who also says a lot of racist shit all the time?

The term is is “mostly peaceful, but fiery protest”

WHERE ARE THE DEMOCRATS THEY ARE NOT FORCING CRUZ & HAWLEY TO RESIGN❓ THEY FORCED AL FRANKEN TO RESIGN BUT COUP ATTEMPT AGAINST AMERICA IS OKAY❓

Why did the police open the door for the protesters?

This was put in motion long before the GA elections and wudda happened regardless of the results. Just stop it.

Two steps forward, one step back. We'll just keep plodding along and eventually get there.

The reason that America is so Great is because we are a free Country. but we cannot remain a free Country if we elect CRIMINALS, SOCIALISTS AND COMMUNIST DEMOCRATS into our free SOCIETY...we cannot remain a free country if we don't remain a country of Law and Order.

When correctly viewed everything is Racist. 2020 was not the summer of love.

Ironic how the presser that no police officer was going to be charged in the death of Jacob Blake was announced on January 5th...perhaps hoping to set up further clashes with BLM on January 6th

Oh, here we go.... lit has been a bit on the race card front...

Now, there’s another take / insight...

If you try hard enough, you can make ANYTHING be about race. Well done.

The fact people reduce their anger to white resentment is part of the problem. No doubt race plays a part for many of those fuck wads, but if you ignore their economic and political frustrations for simplistic identity politics, then the country will never get out of this hole.

That’s complete nonsense. The coups was planned well before the Georgia primary. The evidence of that is all over the web. Politico only hurts things by making this something it isn’t. Christ, a violent coups instigated by a deranged president is bad enough.

Security guards for congress members should be compulsory.

Call them white extremists. Let's not lump every white person into this foul stew - that equals the same extremist rhetoric Trump uses to lump all Mexicans, or Muslims, or other groups he disdains. Black & White thinking is a mental trap - a fascist trap.

Then why was there no “whiplash” about black advancement when a black man won the presidency twice in a row?

I call for this account to be suspended for spreading racism and causing possible violence. jack TwitterSafety

For those wondering if it’s worth impeaching him this time, it means he: 1) loses his 200k+ pension for the rest of his life 2) loses his 1 million dollars/year travel allowance 3) loses lifetime full secret service detail 4) loses his ability to run in 2024

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