Americans believe that these “unorthodox solutions” Donald Trump is bringing to the table is the answer to stop the threat minorities have started to represent. The article “An Identity Politics Where ‘Victims’ Vanquish Others” by Michelle Garcia exposes that Donald Trump’s campaign has brought to mind that country itself is a victim of this threat, meaning “America was once great, but no longer.” This particular victimization has made White Americans’ unconscious hatred to rise consciously. Now, they can see this suppose threat and stop it. They feel that they need to protect and savior their country. Therefore, this campaign not only represented the act of White Americans taking back their country, but also demonstrating that new socially acceptable trends such as gay marriage and multiculturally within the country is not what America truly stands for, or at least the Republican
Americans believe that these “unorthodox solutions” Donald Trump is bringing to the table is the answer to stop the threat minorities have started to represent. The article “An Identity Politics Where ‘Victims’ Vanquish Others” by Michelle Garcia exposes that Donald Trump’s campaign has brought to mind that country itself is a victim of this threat, meaning “America was once great, but no longer.” This particular victimization has made White Americans’ unconscious hatred to rise consciously. Now, they can see this suppose threat and stop it. They feel that they need to protect and savior their country. Therefore, this campaign not only represented the act of White Americans taking back their country, but also demonstrating that new socially acceptable trends such as gay marriage and multiculturally within the country is not what America truly stands for, or at least the Republican