A sense of economic displacement fueling more racism or cultural anxiety mixed with economic analysis is a historic norm. Boringly common.
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Replying to @zeynep
So historically common that there are German words for it. Cannot, cannot fight this without understanding the economic displacement part.
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Replying to @zeynep
This isn't arguing it's not racism. Also not arguing weakening an anti-racist stance. The opposite. Would be both morally wrong and stupid.
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Except there are people making that argument explicitly. And not fringe members of the Democratic party either.
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This is what the "stop with identity politics" game is, this is the argument of most Sanders die hards still, to focus on class above all
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I actually see a lot more "stop forgetting class" than "forget about race." There may be a few who truly ignore race, but don't see it much.
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Not saying Sanders or his followers have found the language or the path for this. But I don't see what you are saying a lot from them.
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He has repeatedly said "move past identity politics". It was one of the first public statements he made after the election. Im dumbfounded
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Replying to @wccubbison
Well, okay, you do have a point there. That would be the other end of what I think people should not do--separate the two!
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Rephrase: Sanders people who want to "move past identity politics" are wrong; others who want to ignore economic anxiety will hit a wall.
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Replying to @zeynep @wccubbison
The key to the US political alignment is now and in the past, how those two are connected. Republicans understand this pretty well.
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