>Those suspicious of economic populism are of
>little political consequence, as far as left
>politics are concerned. I have no doubt that
>blacks and latinos would be the first to jump
>on board an economic populist movement which
>white workers were strongly supporting and even
>leading. Only the p-b left and a few middle
>class civil rights types will squawk about some
>issues being demoted in rank. Because blacks
>and latinos are so overwhelmingly working class,
>they will understand that class legislation is
>in their interest, even if it doesn't speak to
>the entirety of their interests. By contrast,
>it seems clear that the present course of
>de facto separation isn't getting them anywhere.
Why do you frame this as an either/or thing? Don't you think "race" has something to do with why so many working-class whites vote Republican? If we don't talk about race, will it go away? If you want it to go away, your very talking about it reinforces the concept.
Doug