If you don't believe in (recognize) white privilege why the fuck are you on a Democratic Forum?

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332. There are several reasons for the problem you have noticed,

1. The Democratic Party has moved to the right. This is a fact. Democratic leadership is using the vacuum left behind as Republicans aggressively move to the right as an opportunity for a wealthier (i.e. rich) demographic to fund the party. Party leadership isn't going to risk alienating those with corporate money connections by demanding economic equality, racial equality or justice. They are going to keep their legislative mouths shut unless it comes to defending Israel or demanding we invade Iraq. Again. The Democratic Party is no longer "liberal". Instead, they market themselves as "smart conservatives". You know, balanced. Just like some folks were tortured by some other folks.

2. Asia. Every year millions of jobs are sent to India, China, etc. There are approximately a million H1Bs in the US taking jobs from Americans. These workers are prized for their compliance and low costs. The resultant economic crisis is fueling a simmering anger as both professional and non-professional jobs disappear for Americans. We are being brainwashed into believing that corporations have a right to abuse workers and hide profits overseas under the banner of the "free market". As more white Americans find themselves victims of immoral and unethical behavior by our political leadership, they watch the rich get richer. Their anger at debt, diminishing wages and lost opportunity is misdirected towards minorities.

3. NSA, CIA, torture and our police state. Many Democrats have unconditional faith in our police state. We are being manipulated, by politcal leadership, into believing a repeal of civil rights is necessary for our safety or a "greater good". But like we see in war ravaged countries, violence and abuse just breeds more violence and abuse. We are in a constitutional death spiral. Ferguson is just the tip of a shit iceberg.

4. The media. Related to all of the above, we have about 6 major media companies in the USA. They didn't survive by being fair or honest. Minorities are persecuted in the media, rich white men are celebrated as heroes for stealing trillions of dollars from the treasury. The media convinces us the black man deserves to be in prison, and the CEO has too much money and talent to waste behind bars.

Considering the above, it should not be a surprise that some identifying themselves as Democrats, particularly privileged younger people, deny their own entitlements.

As problems of poverty, injustice, disparity get brushed under the social carpet by both political parties, things are going to get much worse before they get better.