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YoungDemCA

(5,714 posts)
Thu Aug 24, 2017, 12:11 PM Aug 2017

I honestly don't see any other way of reaching more white voters/building multiracial coalitions

Other than emphasizing to them how supporting a President and party that condones racism and white supremacy won't raise their wages, won't get them jobs, won't help solve the opiate crisis in many of their communities, won't help their children and grandchildren have good lives, won't get them any access to health care or education...you get the point.

Unfortunately, most white people - even many of those who aren't explicitly racist - don't give a shit about racism because they aren't directly affected by it. It's not an immediate, pressing issue for them. Hard to get white people to support social and racial justice when they have more immediate concerns in their OWN lives.

Does that make any sense?

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