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J.D. Vance, Father of Biracial Kids, Endorses Trump’s Race Rant: ‘Totally Reasonable’
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Oh! I get it! The racists who make everything about race don't like it when the races try to celebrate their race.
I shudder to think how Vance is gonna handle the first time his kids get mixed-race comments. You think he'll tell them they gotta choose to be Indian or white, but they can't be both? Ooooh! Bonus points if he fumbles his words and starts trying to backpedal when he says something about "Indians and Americans," and then has to explain why Columbus was actually an amazing genius and not a failure in every sense of the word.
You think he'll give them the choice to be Indian? He'll tell them that they're white if he likes them.
I actually know a South African (with a white wife) who had that same discussion with his kids. He told them something along this line:
This guy was unfortunately a die-hard Republican.