I’m the USA, it’s just another we hate the others. Others being anyone not a white Christian. Trans people are just a very small minority that most people that support trump can’t relate to because they don’t know any in their rural community. Typically trans people can’t live in rural areas because of either a lack of doctors that will provide them care or the lack of facilities.
I see the same thinking when these Trump supporters demonize migrant workers but them hire them to do work for them because they are some of the “good ones”. Imagine that, the minorities you are exposed to are normal people.
people that support trump can’t relate to because they don’t know any in their rural community. […]
I see the same thinking when these Trump supporters demonize migrant workers
“Fun” fact: here in Germany, xenophobia is strongest in those areas with the lowest percentage of inhabitants perceived as migrants.
People often fear and hate what they don’t know. Larger cities are melting pots of lots of people with diverse backgrounds, and larger cities usually correlate with a higher percentage of inhabitants with progressive world views
“Fun” fact: here in Germany, xenophobia is strongest in those areas with the lowest percentage of inhabitants perceived as migrants.
The same happens in the US. Several of my old friends from high school lost their shit when they found out 200 migrant refugees were being brought to their town. Then they lost it again when I asked them what they were so afraid of. A month later when I askedihow their lives had changed at a result they had all forgotten that it ever happened.
I’m the USA, it’s just another we hate the others. Others being anyone not a white Christian. Trans people are just a very small minority that most people that support trump can’t relate to because they don’t know any in their rural community. Typically trans people can’t live in rural areas because of either a lack of doctors that will provide them care or the lack of facilities.
I see the same thinking when these Trump supporters demonize migrant workers but them hire them to do work for them because they are some of the “good ones”. Imagine that, the minorities you are exposed to are normal people.
“Fun” fact: here in Germany, xenophobia is strongest in those areas with the lowest percentage of inhabitants perceived as migrants.
People often fear and hate what they don’t know. Larger cities are melting pots of lots of people with diverse backgrounds, and larger cities usually correlate with a higher percentage of inhabitants with progressive world views
The same happens in the US. Several of my old friends from high school lost their shit when they found out 200 migrant refugees were being brought to their town. Then they lost it again when I asked them what they were so afraid of. A month later when I askedihow their lives had changed at a result they had all forgotten that it ever happened.