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In reply to the discussion: The Guardian nails it: White working class votes for white supremacists. Period. [View all]
Keepthesoulalive
(2,459 posts)49. We cannot discuss race without someone being offended
Racism is a cancer that is destroying our country. We need to talk about it honestly because Trump is the president because of it. It is not personal,I’m sure you are a good person but I see so many white people try to shut down any discussion because it makes them uncomfortable. Black people are under attack and 64 percent of white men who voted think that’s ok. Let’s not discuss all of those issues that don’t concern us let’s talk about economics which is another form of soft racism . Modifiers won’t fix what ails America but honesty and myth busting might.
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The Guardian nails it: White working class votes for white supremacists. Period. [View all]
AverageOldGuy
Yesterday
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White Working Class includes a lot of others now--given the devastating economy-- so...
hlthe2b
Yesterday
#5
I venture to guess many/most DUers are "working class" and a lot are White. Are they all to be lumped in
hlthe2b
19 hrs ago
#88
In a sense, "access to power over other racial groups" is still viewed by lower class whites as an economic advantage.
sop
Yesterday
#6
"I may get screwed over, but the Other, the 'They', they get screwed over even more."
ck4829
Yesterday
#8
I'm white working class. I am not MAGA! I am not racist! Please stop stereotyping.
Doodley
Yesterday
#9
You're right. It would be more accurate to add the modifier "some" before "white working class."
sop
23 hrs ago
#13
Not sure that "strong majority" of white working class still holds true. Not all white working class
KPN
21 hrs ago
#65
I've never heard one say, "I think Trump is terrible, I regret voting for him, I think I'll vote 'D' next time."
sop
2 hrs ago
#116
24% of black men voted for Trump. Why? It isn't as simple as black versus white. Yes, you need modifiers unless you
Doodley
3 hrs ago
#113
I can remember a picture of Clinton & Gore with a credit-card type card that would be your access card to Universal
NBachers
23 hrs ago
#27
LBJ knew he was going to lose the southern racists by signing the Civil Rights Act
FakeNoose
19 hrs ago
#89
No. White working class left in post-civil rights era after the two parties diverged on race, cultural changes.
betsuni
21 hrs ago
#55
Fox News and hate radio push a steady diet of anti-Black, anti-immigrant messaging.
yardwork
21 hrs ago
#58
From the Right: "liberals hate white people," other direction: "Dem establishment ignores white working class
betsuni
20 hrs ago
#66
Myth there are simple solutions for everything but corrupt establishment stops it.
betsuni
8 hrs ago
#107
Clinton wasn't the only thing happening when white working class started leaving
MadameButterfly
4 hrs ago
#112
Republicans told people Democratic environmental regulations would take all their jobs.
betsuni
8 hrs ago
#108
"centrist, neoliberalism and triangulation, deregulation of energy" -- for example? Blame Democrats!
betsuni
7 hrs ago
#110
When I hear him say make Americkkka great again it's really make racism great again!
kimbutgar
23 hrs ago
#16
It's a shallow combination of ownership within class identity and fear of unknown competition
haele
22 hrs ago
#50
Yes, artificial and unnecessary division based on falsehood that Democrats "ignore the working class."
betsuni
20 hrs ago
#71
And these beliefs and preferences are very difficult to counter, even with the "right messaging"
Redleg
23 hrs ago
#20
The story of the white sharecropper poisoning his black sharecropper neighbor's mule come to mind.
Squaredeal
23 hrs ago
#21
This is a "duh" headline..white working class vote their hate for "the other"...
agingdem
23 hrs ago
#29
Not really "duh" since we aren't used to seeing this from the media, at least in the U.S.
Redleg
23 hrs ago
#30
Yes, this is central to understanding the American project and why it has failed. nt
Blasphemer
22 hrs ago
#36
It's because of racism we can't have the nice things that folks have in other rich countries.
Fil1957
22 hrs ago
#41
And what about brown men with "foreign-sounding names" like Mamdani and El Sayed?
biocube
22 hrs ago
#54
What rhetoric is Platner using that signals he is a racist? I find your attack on him to be problematic at best. He is
Celerity
18 hrs ago
#90
Which is why we will never see a black Republican presidential nominee in our lifetimes.
Wednesdays
19 hrs ago
#80
Yes, has The Guardian stamp of progressive approval, no shooting the messenger. All data says same thing.
betsuni
6 hrs ago
#111