2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why draw a distinction between the working class and the white working class? [View all]Garrett78
(10,721 posts)And see post #3 about taking persons of color for granted.
For one thing, Clinton won among those who listed 'the economy' as their primary concern (that would include many persons of color). For another thing, institutional/structural racism has a huge impact on economic advancement/standing/disparities. For yet another thing, millions of working class whites vote for Democrats.
See post #25. While I don't think it's done maliciously, some well-meaning people seem to have been infected by decades of dog whistling (from Nixon to Reagan to today's Republicans such as Ryan and Trump) that suggests "working class" is synonymous with white (persons of color are lazy welfare recipients, so "working class" and "white" get hitched in our little game of word association).