i talk about this a lot re: white southerners (all white americans to a somewhat lesser extent). bigotry is embedded in our basic worldview and requires constant internal confrontation to avoid. as a class we tend to find that highly annoying, preferring reactionary politics. external confrontation.
rich traditionsit's that plus a pretty large amount of "we cannot let these people into politics" - even where a muslim candidate tries to avoid the issue (mamdani) it's all israel all the time whenever one of us runs. you'd think they'd see it but i genuinely think a lot of them dont
