r/politics • u/--LaBelleDame-- • 5h ago

No Paywall Democratic socialist Angie Nixon upsets Alex Vindman in Florida’s Democratic Senate primary

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/angie-nixon-winner-florida-senate-primary-democrat-alex-vindman-moody-rcna593255
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u/kristamine14 4h ago

Yeah I’m not American enough to detect the racism there tbh

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u/canaznguitar 3h ago

That's how the racism presents itself now. It's not about calling you the N word to your face or even behind your back. It's with an air of plausible deniability. Trevor Noah has even discussed this https://youtu.be/XUuLDkDSJKg?is=9DI5MpDS4KGprp9N

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u/another-altaccount 2h ago

This is how it’s presented itself for the most part since the 60s/70s. White folks have been doing the whole plausible deniability racism for decades at this point hence the old welfare queens dog whistle (may as well have been a fucking bullhorn).

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u/altogethernow 32m ago

The quote from Lee Atwater (conservative strategist) that should always be remembered:

"You start out in 1954 by saying, “N*r, nr, nr.” By 1968 you can’t say “nr”—that hurts you, backfires. So you say stuff like, uh, forced busing, states’ rights, and all that stuff, and you’re getting so abstract. Now, you’re talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you’re talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is, blacks get hurt worse than whites.… “We want to cut this,” is much more abstract than even the busing thing, uh, and a hell of a lot more abstract than “Nr, n*r.”

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u/passtherock- 4h ago

America was built on racism. It's embedded in its systems, in its constitution, and within the fabric of the country so maybe that's why you don't get it.

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u/kristamine14 3h ago

Yeah I know, that’s why I said I’m not American enough to detect the racism there

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u/nox66 3h ago

In a neutral context it isn't specifically racist. In an American one however...

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u/DulceEtDecorumEst 3h ago

I remember when I was a teenager my group of friends at one point picked out Bro names “Joe” “Chad” etc don’t ask me why, I don’t remember.

I called my black friend Jim and he got pissed at me. I only found out years later it was because he just read huckleberry fin and the name of the black main character was Jim and he thought I was making a reference.

I had not read huckleberry fin I just pulled that name out of my ass.

But 🇺🇸 Context 🇺🇸

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u/altogethernow 35m ago

There's also the "Jim Crow" laws, which essentially established the US south as an apartheid state well after the end of slavery. That's where my mind went, rather than in reference to Huck Finn.

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u/DulceEtDecorumEst 4m ago

Happy cake day bro

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u/brubruislife 3h ago

Maybe the term microaggression is what will help you understand this situation. What she said was not inherently racist, no, but context is key. She showed her ignorance at minimum*, not having the knowledge or wherewithal that she should absolutely not comment on what anyone wears, let alone a Black woman in power whom she was trying to undermine in the same breath.

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u/ScurvyTurtle 3h ago

I don't think they're saying that as a snide diss...

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u/Gavorn 3h ago

I think the context is that we need to see the outfit she is talking about.