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The last three paragraphs of the piece seek to link the declining fortunes of the white working class to a nativist backlash, in order to explain the rise in popularity of republicans like Trump. The author states that the democratic party's emphasis on race and gender, rather than class, is to blame, as if these categories are mutually exclusive. If we rather adopt the notion that the color line is indeed the class line, as DuBois argued, we can see matters a bit more clearly, in my opinion. Of course, that involves jettisoning the idea of whiteness as a useful social construct. _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
