[or wojtek, or me or anyone on this list i guess]. you're wrong because you don't know anything about me and you don't appear to realize that there are a few working class people on this list--at least as you seem to suggest. i presume when you say that you'd agree that the white working class has racist attitudes, then you are talking about low level service labor, manual laborers. what you gave me was evidence that whites are racist. that wasn't in dispute. what was in dispute was that one section of them, "the working class" was more racist than another segment of them, namely i guess people such as yourself. there is very little evidence for such a claim
Brint, Steven, "'New-Class' and Cumulative Trend Explanations of the Liberal Political Attitudes of Professionals," American Journal of Sociology, 90 (July, 1984), 30-70.
ABSTRACT
Those in the professional and managerial strata do not favor reducing incomes between rich and poor, are conservative on reform issues, and do not express alienation from business leaders. The major exception to the rule of professional-manageri al conservatism are specialists in the social sciences and the cultural arts.
Case, Charles E.and Fuchs, Stephan, "Social Determinants of Racial Prejudice," Sociological Perspectives, 32 (1989), 469-483.
ABSTRACT
High levels of education and knowledge decrease racial prejudice, while social class and high income do not affect racial prejudice.
Jelen, Ted G., "The Impact of Home Ownership on Whites' Racial Attitudes," American Politics Quarterly, 18, (April 1990), 208-214.
ABSTRACT
Home ownership is not related to political conservatism, but does increase the conservatism of whites on racial attitudes, particularly making them more likely to reject open housing.
Zipp, John F., "Social Class and Social Liberalism," Sociological Forum, 1 (Spring, 1986), 301-329.
ABSTRACT
No significant or consistent class differences were found on most of the social issues examined here including gender equality, racial tolerance, personal freedom, and law and order.
ETC. if you go to GSS NORC you can find many many more like this. I brought up the most recent. you might want to take a look at the very least, B Ehrenreich's _Fear of Falling_ for an examination of how the myth that the white working class ismore racist and conservative was born and for what purposes.
the above are based on opinion data and have drawbacks in which case it is important to take a look at qualitative research. however, the problem there is that it is difficult to compare given that very few people try to examine the daily lives of whites who aren't considered 'working class' in the social science lit. in part this is because they don't consider it important to do: it doesn't even occur to them to examine these issues among upper middle class whites. tho i and colleagues have been working on just this approach following the arguments of black feminist who've said that we should move over and start asking how privilege works. [for something in that tradition, see michele lamont's _money, morals, and manners_]