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Trump Plans to Keep Saying Immigrants 'Poison the Blood' of Nation"... (www.rollingstone.com)

submitted 9 months ago by BobTheBoozer@lemmy.world to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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"polling suggests Trump’s attacks on immigrants make many Republican Iowa caucusgoers more likely to support him, not less."

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

So, do you think that'll piss off the Cubans enough to lose Florida? It would be hilarious if that's why he loses the election.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 26 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The cubans in florida likely agree with him. They got out of cuba so long ago they don't consider themselves immigrants, so in classic Republican fashion, just let it sail on by.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 16 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Whiteness has a funny way of absorbing ethnicities into itself to maintain it's privileged position under racial capitalism. You'll find that a lot of Cubans, as long as their skin is relatively light and their accent minor/non-existent, have been white for a long time.

[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 8 points 9 months ago

I think this is accurate.

Sadly, I don't think he'll face any punishment for this. I think when he does this, he's just revealed to us that these sentiments were already widespread. We'd like to believe that he's misjudged where people are at, but usually his intuition is right and it is we who have misjudged, imo.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago

Only as long as there are darker people to oppress

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

They may be in for a surprise if he wins.

[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

For the most part it has an opposite effect on latino immigrants. Many see new immigrants as competition. It also doesn't help that they're entrepreneurial, and a substantial number are Catholic and they're anti-abortion.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Sure, I totally get the anti-immigration part, but he's essentially calling them poison because they're immigrants. Surely they're not a fan of that.

[–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He obviously means those other immigrants.

[–] muse@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago

The Cuban immigrants who first left because of Castro were wealthy land owners and some slave holders.

First wave Florida Cuban immigrants especially will always throw others under the bus when it comes to immigration

[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

It was my neighbor I was speaking with back in the day prior to the trump election.

Not only did he say that it didn't really matter. He went so far as to agree with the not sending their best people rhetoric. So yes indeed, it's "that other Latino."

He told me that where his family was from things were different. The competition was hardwired. He said politically it wasn't that far from what his family had left and he was comfortable with that as the opportunity was here.

I had moved before the kids in camps shit happened, and the putting them in foster. It would be interesting to hear if he had a change of heart. It would not surprise me to hear it did not.

He was very pro "fuck you I got mine"

Sweetest guy to me though.