Will Shetterly
1 min readSep 29, 2021

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To be clear, Owsley wanted Bernie in the primaries. I haven't dug deeper, so I can't swear the Republicans wouldn't have outvoted him. But I will swear he would've done better than Hillary.

I first realized black wealth will protect you when OJ Simpson bought a "not guilty" plea just like any rich white person would've.

Another example of how wealth protects black people: Police killings are almost exclusively of poor people. Poor white and black people are statistically about equally likely to be killed. MIddle-class white and black people are about equally unlikely to be killed.

In 1921, laws ensured black people were treated worse than white people. Flint's white population is not getting a pass. You might do a little googling about "place not race".

Agreed that Trump's a degenerate narcissist, but Clinton was a snobbish one who didn't bother to campaign in places where the working class was especially suffering, so I can't blame people who chose him.

This video is the best explanation I've seen for why Trump won in 2016. It's also about an extremely poor white county.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2016/oct/12/west-virginia-donald-trump-supporters-mcdowell-county-poverty-video

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Will Shetterly
Will Shetterly

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