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“You tell your kids don’t be a bully, you tell your kids, don't be a bigot, you tell your kids do your homework, be prepared ... and then you have this outcome... this was a white lash”, activist Van Jones made an impassioned speech on CNN in the wake of the Trump's victory.
"I have Muslim friends who are texting me tonight asking me if they should leave the county."
Jones' impassioned speech perfectly summarises the terrifying atmosphere that minorities are currently enduring in the US in the wake of this result. His term for the electoral result; a 'White Lash', is in his view, a retaliation from bigoted white voters against an increasingly equal and diverse US a white lash against a black president.
Jone's is a prominent political activist and served as an advisor to President Obama,
.@VanJones68: “You tell your kids don’t be a bully... and then you have this outcome... this was a white lash” https://t.co/NZCLEd5zT3
— CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) November 9, 2016
On CBC, commentator Dannielle Moodie-Mills called Trump's victory, "white supremacy's last stand".
"I have nothing left to lose so I will say it: This is white supremacy's last stand." This clip sums up #ElectionNight. pic.twitter.com/W5wXlcMRdl
— Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa) November 9, 2016
To laugh nihilistically at this horrific result check out These Tweets, That At Least Made Us Laugh.
To see what this could mean for Irish Students check out our break down here.
