Shock and awe is an understatement when describing the public reaction to this election's grand finale, starring Donald J. Trump. Those on the left immediately began blaming white people for electing the man whom they believe will turn America into Nazi Germany. If the past eight years of a palpably-volatile state of American social politics-- which ironically became visible around the time of Barack Obama's 2008 campaign has set the stage for an incoming civil war, then election night sure seemed to resemble the Battle of Fort Sumter. Hmmm.

In that the racial tension within the U.S. finally climaxed into the start of a new civil war. We all saw it. As I type this article, the streets of America's greatest cities are packed with protesters, most of them peaceful. Most of them.

Personally, I watched as my Twitter feed absolutely exploded with angry rhetoric, citing how the racist white man had prevailed and that Trump's presidency was brought to America by those who seek white supremacy. However, if they would actually look up the numbers on the races who voted for both Trump and Clinton, they would be stunned to see who it was that actually turned out to put Trump in the Oval Office.

One would think that Donald Trump would perform particularly poorly against Secretary Clinton as far as the share of the minority vote. He did poorly, but not particularly poorly. For a Republican presidential candidate, Trump did just fine. In fact, he received a bigger share of the African-American vote than Mitt Romney received in the 2012 general election.

Trump received 8% of the black vote, while Romney only received 6%. That may not seem like a huge margin, but, one must consider that, mathematically, he caused the African-American vote to increase for the Republican Party by 33% since 2012. It's even double the percentage of the black vote that John McCain received in 2008 (however, to be fair, John McCain was running against the eventual first black president).

It wasn't only African-Americans. For a Republican, Trump did considerably well amongst Hispanic voters, as well. He received 29% of the Hispanic vote, which is ironically-high, since he has become infamous for, what many perceive as, anti-Hispanic rhetoric. For perspective, Mitt Romney only received 27% of the Hispanic vote in 2012. So, Donald Trump was actually able to attract more Latino voters than Romney could.

Here's the best part-- the evil, bigoted, racist, xenophobic white voters of America had a smaller turnout for Trump than Romney had. Not by much, though, but still less. This year, Donald Trump received 58% of the white vote, as opposed to Romney's 59%.

So, it's ridiculous to say that the white population of America saw Trump's displays of "racism," and were so inspired by it that they swarmed to the polls to vote for him. It's completely incorrect to assume that African-Americans and Hispanics were so turned off by him that they hurt him in the voting booth. They helped him. Not everything in the world can be traced back to white supremacy. Yes, the Ku Klux Klan endorsed Trump and that is a red flag for Trump's candidacy.

However, that doesn't reflect the ideals of the other 99% of voters who voted for him for reasons concerning the economy, national security, and other non-social issues. I don't come here as a Trump-lover who is defending himself from accusations of racism. All I am is a concerned citizen who is seeing his own race painted as something terrible. I am a concerned citizen who is watching the media turn the people of America against each other with the greatest of ease; hatred for whites may not be reflected institutionally, but it is growing rapidly in everyday life.

I am someone who wants to fight the racism that does, indeed, exist in my country, but I am also someone who just wants Americans to love each other. In fact, as great as that would be, I don't even ask for that. All I ask for is for everyone to stop hating each other.