I think, or maybe I just hope, that Black Lives Matter and the increased public awareness of how Persons of Color are targeted by the authorities changes the mind of most "class-first" Leftists and Progressives.
I think I might also have to write my own post about this....
well, as I say in the piece, I think class is a huge vector of discrimination, and we should have a stronger safety net and the workers should control the means of production.
I don't think there's a ton of Bernie>Trump support. But racism is a huge driver of partisanship in the US, and white people find appeals to white resentment very powerful. Even white people who have Black friends, or who maybe voted for a Black president once.
Antiracist advocates have a number of suggestions on policy, from more investment in communities that have faced discrimination to reparations.
I don't think IQ measures much of anything except maybe access to resources.
not a fan of unherd and meritocracy is a pernicious myth. I've just been reading Robbie Shilliam, who argues persuasively that "left behind" is not a class complaint, but a white lament about lost racial privilege (virtually every study of trump voters confirms that it is racism, not class, which explains their votes.)
Most people think that racism is pernicious! And certainly Black and POC voters of all income levels are overwhelmingly likely to viscerally understand that antiracism is superior to racism!
I hadn't read of that and don't think I've heard of it. It sounds interesting.
"White people" is a political category designed to erase differences, for the most part, rather than a monolithic truth. Even white Hispanics can be racialized under the right circumstances I thinik; ie, Trump's conspiratorial false attack on Ted Cruz's father as an alien outsider who assassinated an icon of Americanness; very much a racist smear, imo.
I think, or maybe I just hope, that Black Lives Matter and the increased public awareness of how Persons of Color are targeted by the authorities changes the mind of most "class-first" Leftists and Progressives.
I think I might also have to write my own post about this....
it definitely hasn't changed some minds; I got some really ugly pushback after I first posted this.
Well, I...uh, wrote a response on my own Substack.... https://drdarkeny.substack.com/p/in-re-noah-berlatskys-post-why-class .
I hope you like it, and I'm sorry if I've brought on the trolls?
well, as I say in the piece, I think class is a huge vector of discrimination, and we should have a stronger safety net and the workers should control the means of production.
I don't think there's a ton of Bernie>Trump support. But racism is a huge driver of partisanship in the US, and white people find appeals to white resentment very powerful. Even white people who have Black friends, or who maybe voted for a Black president once.
Antiracist advocates have a number of suggestions on policy, from more investment in communities that have faced discrimination to reparations.
I don't think IQ measures much of anything except maybe access to resources.
not a fan of unherd and meritocracy is a pernicious myth. I've just been reading Robbie Shilliam, who argues persuasively that "left behind" is not a class complaint, but a white lament about lost racial privilege (virtually every study of trump voters confirms that it is racism, not class, which explains their votes.)
Most people think that racism is pernicious! And certainly Black and POC voters of all income levels are overwhelmingly likely to viscerally understand that antiracism is superior to racism!
Oh yeah; I just finished the book. He's great.
I hadn't read of that and don't think I've heard of it. It sounds interesting.
"White people" is a political category designed to erase differences, for the most part, rather than a monolithic truth. Even white Hispanics can be racialized under the right circumstances I thinik; ie, Trump's conspiratorial false attack on Ted Cruz's father as an alien outsider who assassinated an icon of Americanness; very much a racist smear, imo.