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Kirsten Powers, a CNN contributor, said simply because you voted for Donald Trump in 2016 because you did not like Hillary Clinton "does not make you racist." In fact, the columnist for "USA Today" said, "It makes you racist."
"People will say that they support him for reasons other than his racist language," Powers said. "The way he demonized the people who were trying to come to our country in the caravan, and they would say, well, I'm not racist, I just voted for him because I did not like Hillary Clinton . "
"I just want to say that it does not make you racist, it makes you racist, if you support someone who does racist things, it makes you racist, I just want to establish that," Powers said on Friday. evening.
Powers acknowledged that white women support and benefit from the "white patriarchal system". Powers described a women's society "attached to white men" in a system full of fathers, husbands and brothers.
"I think we need to remember that the white patriarchal system actually benefits white women a lot and that it is tied to white men who benefit from the system they and their fathers and their children create." Husbands and their brothers benefit from the system and so they also benefit, "she said.
"White women are themselves oppressed and so are able to align themselves with other oppressed people," Powers also said.
Excerpt from the Friday edition of "CNN Tonight" with host Don Lemon:
DON LEMON, HOST OF CNN: White women therefore supported Donald Trump at Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election. He won 52% of their votes. However, when we look at all women, including women of color, Hillary Clinton had more support. She had 54%. Now, a wave of white, black and brown women has taken office after the 2018 elections.
Does Donald Trump still have the support of a majority of white women and, if so, why? Let's talk about it. Kirsten Powers, Alice Stewart and Stephanie Jones-Rogers, a professor of history at the University of Berkeley, are the authors of "They were his property". Hello everyone. It's a very important conversation. I'm sure this will spark controversy in a number of liters. Be ready for that. Thank you for joining us.
Kirsten, let me start with you. There has been a lot of talk about why white women support President Trump despite or perhaps because of his politics and his tone. What is your opinion on this?
KIRSTEN POWERS, CNN'S POLITICAL ANALYST: Well, I think there are a lot of different ways to look at this. I think one of the first things is that people will say that they support it for reasons other than its racist language that we do not have time to understand, but there are all kinds things that start right from the start of his campaign. until the last campaign.
The way he demonized the people who were trying to come to our country in the caravan, and they would say, well, I'm not racist, I just voted for him because I did not like Hillary Clinton. And I just want to say that it's not – it does not make you racist. It really makes you racist. If you support someone who does racist things, it makes you racist. I just want to establish that.
In terms of why white women do it, I think we have to recognize that white men do it too, but I think we sometimes hope for better behavior from white women because white women are – even oppressed and that they be able to align with other oppressed people.
But I think we have to remember that the white patriarchal system actually benefits white women a lot and that it is attached to white men who benefit from the system they and their fathers and their children create. husbands and their brothers benefit from the system and therefore benefit as well.
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