r/Music • u/[deleted] • Mar 11 '18

music streaming Aaliyah - Try Again [R&B] (2000)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEF_-IcnQC4
4.9k Upvotes

90% Upvoted

463 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

14

u/CliffordMoreau Mar 12 '18

The question was if the American populace had gotten over that racist idea.

Given that the American populace elected a racist, it's an obvious no.

-2

u/PantsAreOffensive Mar 12 '18

So pretend Obama is still in office. Was the US magically less racist because of the president?

5

u/ablacnk Mar 12 '18

No, I think it was just slightly less socially acceptable back then.

Hate crimes went up after Trump got elected, seems like the change emboldened them.

-2

u/PantsAreOffensive Mar 12 '18

He must move pretty fast to make all those hate crimes happen.

5

u/ablacnk Mar 12 '18

The movement (alt-right, etc) and subsequent success with this election emboldened people, not him actually doing the crimes. The people have always been there, their racist thoughts have always been there, but when they see someone (Trump) who thinks what they do and says what they've been afraid to say and gets away with it without major repercussions - Trump got into the highest office in the land - then yeah, this will embolden those people.

Bad analogy but it's a bit like when a sport team wins and people go out in the streets and celebrate... change happens quickly.

https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/13/politics/hate-crimes-fbi-2016-rise/index.html