Jamil Jivani on the Inconvenient Truth About Donald Trump’s Non-White Supporters

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4.6 • 917 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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While Trump’s hopes of a second Presidential term seem to be vanishing, his surprisingly strong showing among Black, Hispanic, Muslim, and Asian voters is challenging the progressive claim that Trump's appeal is rooted primarily in racism. Quillette’s Jonathan Kay discusses these surprising election results with author and journalist Jamil Jivani. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Colette Podcast. My name is Claire Lehman and I am editor and chief of Colette.
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0:15.0	Our podcast is a team effort and is jointly hosted by myself, Associate Editor Toby Young,
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0:33.0	Welcome to the Colette Podcast. I'm Jonathan Kay.
0:37.0	Well, the American presidential election is over, or at least overish,
0:42.0	and the arguments about what the results mean are well underway.
0:45.8	Putting aside the question of who will sit in the White House come January,
0:49.4	many observers were shocked by just how many Americans voted for a second Donald Trump presidential term.
0:55.2	It wasn't just that Trump got 48% of the popular vote, less than two percentage points
1:00.6	behind Joe Biden. Trump also increased his vote share among a wide range of non-white demographics, including blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and Muslims.
1:10.0	Biden still got clear majorities in all of these categories, but still
1:14.1	Trump's substantial and elevated share would seem to challenge the popular
1:18.4	narrative in progressive circles at least that Trump's appeal was based
1:22.2	primarily on xenophobia or even white
1:24.5	supremacy. With me to discuss this is Jamil Giovanni, a Toronto-based book author,
1:29.8	journalist, radio host, and public advocate.
1:32.6	He also was in the same Yale law school class
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