Scholars at UC Berkeley at Berkeley attribute Donald Trump’s win in the re-election debate to a wide range of identity-political issues, including conspiracy theories and anti-trans hate.
Berkeley’s standard news channel published on Wednesday a series of meeting vignettes with almost a hundred professors, and they all suggested Trump’s “decisive” triumph exposes frightening parts of America’s underside.
Few cited the porous border between the United States and the Biden-Harris services ‘ hyper-lax border laws dealing with illegal immigration as evidence that they played a part. The researchers did not stop there, even though two of the scholars did mention the slow economy as a contributing factor to Trump’s success.
It’s not just” the business, stupid”, said Professor Raka Ray, professor of Social Sciences.
” I had never disregard the racist and misogynistic rejection of a Black and South Asian woman, the purposefully propagated fears and lies that served as the wounded racist and muscular identity of some statistical groups, the willingness of some immigrants to shut the door behind them, and the nightmare figure of” trans” that stood in for difficult historical changes,” Ray said.
Political science professor Jacob Grumbach, the head of Berkeley’s” Republic Plan Lab,” said the election “has made it clear that a majority of Americans are willing to voting for a prospect who threatens the rule of law,” which is a major issue for the Members. He also stated that Trump has faced “lawfare” activities from both the federal and state levels over the past four decades.
Michael Mark Cohen, interact teaching professor of American research and African American research, said “once once we will have a plot theorist-in-chief”.
According to Cohen,” This new administration will have conspiracy theorists like Stephen Miller and RFK Jr. who promise to bring about Trump’s vengeance.” ” …But now, instead of this being a fringe fantasy, Trump’s authoritarian, if not openly fascist, conspiracy theories will be backed by the might of the American Empire”.
David Wilson, dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy, said Kamala Harris was comprehensive and bridge-building in her campaign, while Trump was vague and “dark”, an effective tactic.
” While Harris provided policy details and offered bipartisan appeals, Trump cast a dark picture of criminal immigration, demonization and a country in decline”, Wilson said. ” To the amazement of many, this appeal worked. One can only draw the conclusion that democracy is more about power and who should hold it for a majority of Americans.
UC Berkeley’s news outlet asked Eric Stanley, whose title is Haas Distinguished Chair in LGBT Equity, why “did the GOP choose to capitalize on anti-trans hate in this election”?
” Throughout their presidential campaign, the Republican Party used — which is to say produced — an atmosphere of anti-trans hate to move people to the polls, and it seems to have worked”, Stanley said. ” For years, a coalition which includes many self-identified conservatives, along with their liberal co-conspirators, have seeded a trans panic on the local level, whether at school boards, libraries, sports fields and medical facilities”.
Laura Kray, director of the Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership at Berkeley’s School of Business, said the results show America is not ready for a female president.
The results” seem to confirm that the majority of American voters still implicitly support traditional gender hierarchies in political leadership,” according to Kray.
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