Voting for politician of same race = fine, voting for trainee of same ethnicity = bad?

Can y’all help me understand the logic behind this. Like the former has been a perfectly acceptable practice. Not just in America but in other countries with mixed demographics.

And people have their reasons for doing so, but essentially it’s because of race.

But if you go vote for a trainee who shares the same ethnicity as you then you are the scum of the earth?

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Are you really comparing politics with a goddamn survival show?

Your pick will make it, stop crying.

I’m not the one unjustly criticizing an entire country for their voting choices hun

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Both are bad if it’s for the sake of having a similar identity

As for the “vote for politician for same race” thing, that’s not true. It’s a nice extra but if someone votes for a black democrat, it’s cuz they’re a democrat for the most part

It happens and it's been happening a lot. That's why when certain diverse cities have a certain demographic that becomes large enough the mayor for that city ends up being of the same race or identity.

The primitive part of the human brain probably goes same = good, but obviously they dress it up in different ways, "all politicians are liars/corrupt but at least he/she will understand ME more because they went through the same things I did as a _______ person".

Likewise, Koreans voting for Koreans go through similar lines of thinking: "they understand my language better, they know my culture and struggles as a Korean, I can relate to them better".