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In reply to the discussion: Carville was right. Here's why it doesn't matter [View all]Beastly Boy
(9,274 posts)But first, let me presume that your post only addresses white working class voters who hate black and brown voters. Otherwise your talk of strawman doesn't make sense. The phrase "We need those white working class voters to win the next election and they don't really like you" doesn't exactly make a distinction between the former and the white working class voters who don't hate black and brown voters. Glad you are making this clear now.
Still, my questions, which make up the essence of my post, remain unaffected by your response and unaddressed.
Should we assume that the number of white voters who hate black and brown people, as well as those who don't, is written in stone, and give up on any attempt to change their ratio? What is there for black and brown voters to gain with this strategy? Given the overwhelming support of black and brown voters of the democratic candidates, can we at least not insult their collective intelligence with suggestions they can't tell where their interests lie?
I am not advocating appeasement. I am asking for your suggestions, other than sitting on one's hands and waiting for black and brown people to become a majority, for how to go about with what you are proposing in practice. So far, the only thing I've heard is stop the appeasement of the white working class voters who hate black and brown voters. Then what? I am curious what comes after this is done.