Yesterday the electorate of the United States of America decided that Donald Trump will be the 45th President of the United States. Trump infamously ran on a controversial nationalistic anti-immigration ticket and today some minorities are already reporting feeling the backlash of that xenophobic agenda.
In short, people are using the results of the election to be dickheads to others in real life.
One such example comes from Manik Rathee on Twitter. Manik is a Silicon Valley-based designer and engineer for Nest, a popular thermostat device used by millions of people. He’s employed by Google, the owner of Nest. Considering his impressive resume in tech, he’s pretty damn talented! Unfortunately, at a gas station this morning in Northern California, he reportedly had the following interaction:
https://twitter.com/ManikRathee/status/796408766518292480
https://twitter.com/ManikRathee/status/796411661233991681
He’s not the only minority in the Bay Area with a similar report:
https://twitter.com/dustinrefill/status/796413192289165312
There are other reports of rabid racism following Trump’s election:
https://twitter.com/zlikeinzorro/status/796365974442221570
https://twitter.com/zlikeinzorro/status/796381630495682560
https://twitter.com/rosehaIsey/status/796255228190261248
Sickening. As the Chinese curse goes, “May you live in interesting times…”