“Why do rural poor Americans vote against their economic interest?”
A reproduction of an excellent series of tweets by JuanPa (@jpbrammer) on why white rural poor Americans vote against their own economic interest.
A reproduction of an excellent series of tweets by JuanPa (@jpbrammer) on why white rural poor Americans vote against their own economic interest.
How much hatred must you have or feel for a people to vilify them like this?! These acts can't be chalked up to just simple ignorance.
I have come across Nepali men, in person, on social media and elsewhere, who, when discussing gender issues, display a very very remarkable lack of knowledge and understanding of the issues faced by our girls and women. In the process, they display their conceit, their complete ignorance of the patriarchal society we live in and how that benefits and privileges us, men.
This is just one example of that.
This series is about Nepal needing a revolution…a revolution of the mind.
Here’s more of one of many MANY reasons why.
Example of a clueless Subcontinental man.
Structural privilege in Nepal is Khas privilege and, as such, enjoyed by all Khas Nepalese. No Khas Nepalese suffer BECAUSE they are Khas. That is a privilege ALL Khas enjoy. Non-Khas Nepalese, however, suffer in a number of ways BECAUSE they are non-Khas.