As Old As Jamestown 1
Marc Lamont explains why racist stereotypes persist as part of U. S. politics. A nugget:
Of course, this works only against the backdrop of white supremacy, a system that makes whiteness a coveted piece of social, cultural and emotional property. Within this system, even the most socially desperate white citizen finds pride in being white or, more importantly, not being black.
As a result, rather than aligning themselves with other poor people, these individuals instead elect to close ranks around race.
January 11, 2012 at 12:56 pm
The GOP has also made a deadly weapon out of scapegoating and the “we were stabbed in the back/we are being stabbed in the back” thing. It’s the one of the choice instruments used by bad men from the beginning of thinking humans, I believe.