2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)Why draw a distinction between the working class and the white working class? [View all]
Is it because people think working class is synonymous with white? Is it that the dog whistle, implying persons of color don't work, has infiltrated your consciousness?
Or is it because you realize a portion of working class whites (though certainly not all) have much different priorities or desires than the working class as a whole?
If it's the latter, why do you suppose that might be?
I suppose some might say it's "geographical," as if there aren't millions of working class persons of color in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, etc. Not to mention all of the working class whites in those states that undoubtedly voted for Clinton. Again, we're talking about a portion of working class whites. So, again I ask, why does that segment have much different priorities or desires?