Why draw a distinction between the working class and the white working class?

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43. Generalizing is being done by those suggesting all working class whites voted for Trump.

And by the dog whistling that suggests working class is synonymous with white, thus the "working class whites/economic messaging" narrative.

"...a focus on social causes that do not threaten corporate power."

Oh good grief. As if anti-racism, anti-sexism, anti-heterosexism and anti-xenophobia are merely "social causes" that have no relationship to economic justice and the corporatocracy.

See posts #9, #11, #15, #20, #22, #25, #29, #30, #34, #36 and others throughout this thread.

A hell of a lot of white people vote for Democrats. Nobody is denigrating "white culture." I don't even know what "white culture" means, but it sure sounds like a generalization to me.

White privilege is a reality. Institutional/structural racism is a reality. Also a reality is the fact that historical injustices continue to impact the present, including the enormous wealth gap between black and white households. A rising tide doesn't lift all boats when some boats have not been allowed out to sea.

Acknowledging and addressing all of that in no way prevents the Democratic Party from also promoting a living wage, protecting the social safety net, and addressing poverty (as well as the related issues of drug use, dropout rates and teen pregnancy) more broadly. In fact, the Democratic Party is the major party that's already doing that. The Republican Party sure as hell isn't (the president-elect offered next to nothing in the way of substantive policy positions).