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    Obvious AOC says 'racism' topic gets heated because US doesn't 'educate people'

    By Joseph A. Wulfsohn | Fox News




    U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., weighed in on President Trump's supporters Thursday, saying a "core part" of the president's base is composed of "racists" and "people who could be susceptible to racist views."

    She also said many discussions on racism devolve into defenseness because "we do not talk about or educate people on recognizing racism."

    The far-left freshman congresswoman made the remarks during an appearance on the podcast "Pod Save America," hosted by former Obama administration staffer Jon Favreau.

    At one point, Favreau asserted that "there's racism there" when crowds gather for Trump rallies. But Ocasio-Cortez said it's more important to discuss the broader term "racism" than whether an individual or group is "racist."

    "It's not about asking whether Trump voters are racist," she said. "We need to talk about racism, not racists. Racists, it's a very two-dimensional, boring conversation. Is something racist? Yes or no, and then you debate it. ... We need to talk about racism, its contours, its history, where it manifests, how it's used."

    She continued, "Like all winning political phenomena, whether they're good or bad in your opinion, they rely on coalition building. So Trump relied on a coalition and a core part of that coalition were racists building a coalition with all sorts of other people that could be susceptible to racists views if they were blanketed and layered and made people feel good it not being a racist thing."

    "And so there are a lot of people who support that genuinely don't believe that they are racist because we do not talk about or educate people on recognizing racism and because we do not do that, it just allows itself to just ... get caught up in this debate of 'Is something racist? And then a person uses their defensiveness and they say, 'Well it's not racist because I'm not racist and I believe in this thing because it's economic in nature.'"

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    But it generally is "economic in nature". You just find it much easier to scream "racism" (or sexism or homophobia or xenophobia, etc etc etc) because you have nothing to offer to actually solve it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RBP View Post
    But it generally is "economic in nature". You just find it much easier to scream "racism" (or sexism or homophobia or xenophobia, etc etc etc) because you have nothing to offer to actually solve it.
    You sound uneducated

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teh One Who Knocks View Post
    You sound uneducated
    They used to say "enlightened"... maybe they realized that sounded too elitist and narcissistic.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RBP View Post
    They used to say "enlightened"... maybe they realized that sounded too elitist and narcissistic.
    I'm sure if they thought they could get away with just coming right out and using the word 'stupid', they would do that, but 'uneducated' sounds less mean I guess.

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    She needs to go get educated






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