White Supremacy in the Age of Trump
It’s quite easy to brand the working class as the most rabidly xenophobic and racist group of whites. Whether they’re brandishing Confederate flags or vociferously vowing to “Make America Great Again,” their beliefs about white supremacy are completely exposed for the world to witness. It’s much harder to see how those atop the economic pyramid not only greatly benefit from white supremacy but actually use racism to their advantage — generally from behind the scenes. In short, when we hold the working class responsible for white supremacy, other whites are absolved of racial wrongdoing… Certainly, there is no apology for the racism of working-class whites, nor any excuse; but we should seek to understand the ways in which white supremacy and power are completely intertwined… By controlling key aspects of the economy, especially education, politics and the media, the white elite often very easily manipulate less affluent whites. More
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