Joy Reid, Jemele Hill blame racism, ‘proximity to whiteness’ for DeSantis' popularity with Hispanics

MSNBC’s Joy Reid and The Atlantic’s Jemele Hill attacked reports highlighting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Hispanic support by claiming that it’s related to racism. NBC News reported Friday that Florida Democrats were growing concerned over the Republican politician’s popularity among Latino voters ahead of the midterm elections. In fact, some suggested that DeSantis’ standing with…

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Political divide fueled by ‘grievance’ of ‘resentful rural’ GOP voters, claims Washington Post report

A Washington Post report claimed that “resentful rural” Americans vote Republican because they feel they’re not respected by the more urban, affluent and better-educated Democrats of the country. The piece provided an in-depth analysis as to why these rural voters harbor such grievance against the rest of country, a dynamic the outlet pointed to as…

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Former Oregon principal, who oversaw 21-day antiracist bootcamp for kids, hired at teacher's college

A Portland teacher’s college hired a former principal who previously oversaw a school-wide “antiracist” bootcamp campaign for kids. Portland State University’s College of Education announced on Sept. 7 that it had hired Cynthia Moffett, a former Beaverton School District principal, to its Curriculum and Instruction department.  When she was a principal of Errol Hassell Elementary…

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