re: #432 HappyWarrior

As UD got by paraphrasing LBJ, you convince a poor white man he’s better than the poor man of color, he’ll let you rob him and then ask for seconds. It’s exactly why so many whites have gone to the right since the Democratic Party started believing in the promises of the New Deal and Great Society for all regardless of race, ethnicity, or national origin.

He said that at a time when you could support yourself on the minimum wage, when you’re could own a house and put your kids through school on one income, and when factory jobs were union. And when whites wanted to keep “those people” from having those benefits. In other words, when “poor” whites were doing pretty well for themselves. When the pinch really comes, this may not work as well as it did in the past. We’ll see….