re: #206 HappyWarrior

And with the working class, we always hear “Oh why has the WWC left us?” We never stop and think about the minority working class voters that have remained key members of our coalition for years. The fact of the matter is the WWC started leaving the Democratic Party when Nixon first pandered to the resentments of that group whether it was about hippies opposed to the Vietnam War, Civil Rights activists, etc. Now I’m proud of my heritage as the descendant of hard working, blue collar people but I have no illusions about that group and I do NOT blame the Democratic Party for losing them and their descendants but more over blame the Republican Party and them for going for the politics of racial resentment rather than seeing everyone regardless of race as a fellow American and that really is the direction the Democratic Party has been on since 1964.

Part of the trap is falling into the “WWC” label. Who do we think are doing the shit jobs, pulling minimum wage, and watching their kids sucked into the school-to-prison pipeline?