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That's been a sub-strain of post election US Democrat thinking: that it should be more about poor vs rich and less about identity. Unfortunately, there's a lar
by ethbr1 1y ago
That's been a sub-strain of post election US Democrat thinking: that it should be more about poor vs rich and less about identity.
Unfortunately, there's a large cottage industry that hitched their careers / thought leadership to identity and are fighting it tooth and nail.
Imho, it's pretty obvious and simple. Two poor folks have more in common with each other these days than the poor with the rich, whatever combination of other identities.
- const_cast 1y agoIt's simple, but not that simple, because poverty and outcomes are weighed and distributed by race. Meaning, if we do implement this sort of DEI, we will be helping black people WAY more than white people. And conservatives don't like that, that's their original complaint with DEI.
- ethbr1 1y agoDon’t look at it from the perspective of leaders —- look at it from the perspective of voters. Poor voters could care less which party actually helps more minorities, as long as they believe they’re going to be helped. The modern GOP’s greatest sleight of hand was convincing poor voters they’d be helped by tax cuts for the rich.