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yobrault1

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53. yes, like Black people have known since forever

Sun Jun 21, 2026, 12:21 PM

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that the construct that is racism and subsequently white supremacy is very expensive for white people who support it. and it’s not just the poorly educated it’s anyone that wants to believe that they are better than someone that doesn’t look like them and they’re willing to pay to have the chance for proximity to power.

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The Guardian nails it: White working class votes for white supremacists. Period. [View all] AverageOldGuy 6 hrs ago OP

Kick dalton99a 6 hrs ago #1

Thank you for posting this. It's the plain truth. n/t Mister Ed 6 hrs ago #2

The American Civil War NEVER ENDED. NoMoreRepugs 6 hrs ago #3

Yup. Ocelot II 5 hrs ago #4

White Working Class includes a lot of others now--given the devastating economy-- so... hlthe2b 5 hrs ago #5

It's a long article, worth the read. yardwork 3 hrs ago #44

I agree that it is about racism, but economics are also a factor. wnylib 2 hrs ago #67

Democrats did lose 30% of the young, male, black vote. questionseverything 2 hrs ago #70

In part because Democrats are now defending gay and trans people. Wednesdays 1 hr ago #84

I venture to guess many/most DUers are "working class" and a lot are White. Are they all to be lumped in hlthe2b 50 min ago #88

In a sense, "access to power over other racial groups" is still viewed by lower class whites as an economic advantage. sop 5 hrs ago #6

+1 dalton99a 5 hrs ago #11

Great OP malaise 5 hrs ago #7

"I may get screwed over, but the Other, the 'They', they get screwed over even more." ck4829 5 hrs ago #8

I'm white working class. I am not MAGA! I am not racist! Please stop stereotyping. Doodley 5 hrs ago #9

You're right. It would be more accurate to add the modifier "some" before "white working class." sop 5 hrs ago #13

I live in a "working class" neighborhood in metro Detroit. Kid Berwyn 5 hrs ago #22

+1 Auggie 4 hrs ago #32

This message was self-deleted by its author yardwork 3 hrs ago #45

Geez. Nobody is stereotyping. yardwork 3 hrs ago #46

Not sure that "strong majority" of white working class still holds true. Not all white working class KPN 2 hrs ago #65

I don't know a single Trump voter who says they regret their vote. yardwork 1 hr ago #77

We cannot discuss race without someone being offended Keepthesoulalive 3 hrs ago #49

As a white person I just don't understand the defensiveness. yardwork 3 hrs ago #60

Race is an uncomfortable subject Keepthesoulalive 2 hrs ago #64

A lot of Americans cling to our mythology. yardwork 1 hr ago #73

I'm white working-class male and I Dr. T 3 hrs ago #51

Good for you Cirsium 1 hr ago #76

Spot on ABC123Easy 5 hrs ago #10

Bill Clinton had a chance to change this when he was in the White House FakeNoose 5 hrs ago #12

I can remember a picture of Clinton & Gore with a credit-card type card that would be your access card to Universal NBachers 4 hrs ago #27

Yeah, Clinton's eight years of peace and prosperity comradebillyboy 4 hrs ago #38

If not President Clinton MorbidButterflyTat 1 hr ago #78

That's not what I implied, but thanks for sharing your thoughts FakeNoose 57 min ago #87

The majority of white people have voted republican since LBJ Keepthesoulalive 4 hrs ago #39

They started leaving way before Bill Clinion DFW 4 hrs ago #40

LBJ knew he was going to lose the southern racists by signing the Civil Rights Act FakeNoose 46 min ago #89

Read the essay linked in the OP. yardwork 3 hrs ago #47

No. White working class left in post-civil rights era after the two parties diverged on race, cultural changes. betsuni 3 hrs ago #55

Fox News and hate radio push a steady diet of anti-Black, anti-immigrant messaging. yardwork 3 hrs ago #58

At the gym yesterday .. justsomeguy01 3 hrs ago #62

From the Right: "liberals hate white people," other direction: "Dem establishment ignores white working class betsuni 2 hrs ago #66

Not true Cirsium 1 hr ago #75

While often true, it's not a universal, absolute truth Fiendish Thingy 5 hrs ago #14

But will they continue to vote for the party of progress Keepthesoulalive 2 hrs ago #68

The paradigm has shifted Fiendish Thingy 1 hr ago #86

I wish I could share your enthusiasm Keepthesoulalive 33 min ago #91

They will control the House for a generation. mr715 29 min ago #94

I think it is important to note that West Virginia mr715 33 min ago #92

But why Keepthesoulalive 30 min ago #93

White, working class voters. mr715 22 min ago #95

Worth reading, and here's the money shot... TygrBright 5 hrs ago #15

When I hear him say make Americkkka great again it's really make racism great again! kimbutgar 5 hrs ago #16

great read. mopinko 5 hrs ago #17

I worked in Greenville MS back in 1989 when Boeing had a plant there KS Toronado 5 hrs ago #18

There is in group discussion Keepthesoulalive 3 hrs ago #59

Really wish more on DU would understand this reality. rogue emissary 5 hrs ago #19

It's a shallow combination of ownership within class identity and fear of unknown competition haele 3 hrs ago #50

Yes, artificial and unnecessary division based on falsehood that Democrats "ignore the working class." betsuni 2 hrs ago #71

And these beliefs and preferences are very difficult to counter, even with the "right messaging" Redleg 5 hrs ago #20

The story of the white sharecropper poisoning his black sharecropper neighbor's mule come to mind. Squaredeal 5 hrs ago #21

Jeezus. Humans need a reboot. Joinfortmill 4 hrs ago #25

Republicans understand this. SamuelAdams 5 hrs ago #23

dumb, dumber, dumbest Joinfortmill 5 hrs ago #24

I think they need somebody to look down on. zanana1 4 hrs ago #26

I wonder if there's not some of that going on with "us" TheProle 3 hrs ago #57

Sounds like the older part of my family....MAGATs all BeneteauBum 4 hrs ago #28

This is a "duh" headline..white working class vote their hate for "the other"... agingdem 4 hrs ago #29

Not really "duh" since we aren't used to seeing this from the media, at least in the U.S. Redleg 4 hrs ago #30

The Guardian is British paper...our papers/MSM are so terrified of MAGA agingdem 4 hrs ago #35

... Solly Mack 4 hrs ago #31

Worked in an auto plant just West of Detroit. multigraincracker 4 hrs ago #33

We need to go back to colorblind (if we still can) gulliver 4 hrs ago #34

Yes, this is central to understanding the American project and why it has failed. nt Blasphemer 4 hrs ago #36

"Mississippi Burning" duckworth969 4 hrs ago #37

A great movie- I doubt it would be made today, given the kow-towing to Trump Redleg 3 hrs ago #43

It's because of racism we can't have the nice things that folks have in other rich countries. Fil1957 4 hrs ago #41

And yet...guys like Graham Platner, Zohran Mamdani, Abdul El Sayed biocube 4 hrs ago #42

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And what about brown men with "foreign-sounding names" like Mamdani and El Sayed? biocube 3 hrs ago #54

American Arabs are white adjacent in the minds of many. yardwork 3 hrs ago #56

That's just great. MorbidButterflyTat 1 hr ago #82

What rhetoric is Platner using that signals he is a racist? I find your attack on him to be problematic at best. He is Celerity 34 min ago #90

What is the point? Cirsium 1 hr ago #79

Ive pushed back on this for decades Cosmocat 3 hrs ago #52

yes, like Black people have known since forever yobrault1 3 hrs ago #53

While I agree to a point, but it's waaay more complicated than that. paleotn 3 hrs ago #61

We enable that to happen, by ... Bluetus 3 hrs ago #63

Noooooo! We Just Need To UNDERSTAND THEM! TALK With Them! Really.....! ColoringFool 2 hrs ago #69

I live in Pennsylvania and I know plenty of people like that. Alice B. 2 hrs ago #72

I grew up in rural Ohio and I hear it often from people I grew up with. yardwork 1 hr ago #74

People start framing things like, the "Obama Library" MorbidButterflyTat 1 hr ago #83

Which is why we will never see a black Republican presidential nominee in our lifetimes. Wednesdays 1 hr ago #80

Saida Grundy nails it Cirsium 1 hr ago #81

The ruling class uses racism orthoclad 1 hr ago #85

All American racists love Trump and would never vote for anyone else. Martin68 5 min ago #96