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87. Yep. That tactic is as old as the hills. And it certainly helps when some of the folks in that 13%
Wed Jun 3, 2015, 05:02 PM
Jun 2015

are Eager Beaver as all hell to be the most useful of tools in sowing this fake division.

"try to read this without being in a defensive mindset from the get-go." Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #1
"If you want blacks, Latinos, and young people to tune you out.... Cali_Democrat Jun 2015 #2
I agree. the so called golden age wasn't golden for minorities cali Jun 2015 #3
Yep. nt cyberswede Jun 2015 #18
Agreed on al points. cali. nt hifiguy Jun 2015 #44
Kick and Rec. YoungDemCA Jun 2015 #4
Good post workinclasszero Jun 2015 #5
Given that the article exerpt you provided contains at least one major historical inaccuracy mythology Jun 2015 #6
. gollygee Jun 2015 #8
Awesome post. Thanks. nt geek tragedy Jun 2015 #10
Careful: Katznelson apparently draws a lot of hate on DU Recursion Jun 2015 #26
Well then they can read the other articles gollygee Jun 2015 #36
A lot of the AFofL trade unions 1939 Jun 2015 #15
Please link to the source of your (mis)information. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #58
Just wanted to add, that if you want to find a racist agenda you'll probably find it Baitball Blogger Jun 2015 #7
Are economic populists trying to go back to the worst aspects of the 50s? I think not. bklyncowgirl Jun 2015 #9
The point being that white progressives geek tragedy Jun 2015 #11
l agree, but the trick is to do this without turning off too many working and middle class whites. bklyncowgirl Jun 2015 #12
A friend of mine in law school, who was a consummate sum of privilege hifiguy Jun 2015 #45
Frederick Douglass said the same things about free Blacks and Irish immigrants back in the 1850s. bklyncowgirl Jun 2015 #79
"Workers of the world unite! You have nothinig to lose but your chains. You have KingCharlemagne Jun 2015 #80
Reference please ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #90
The concern that I/we have with the economic populist "looking back, going forward" ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #89
Love me some Joan BumRushDaShow Jun 2015 #13
Before they left, there were black posters here who talked about how they had land that was straight Number23 Jun 2015 #20
I hear you. Baitball Blogger Jun 2015 #39
That would be MY family. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #65
When black people say these things, we are "manufacturing outrage" and "calling Sanders a racist" Number23 Jun 2015 #14
+1 uponit7771 Jun 2015 #16
Nancy LeTourneau is saying basically the same, 23.. Cha Jun 2015 #32
If they will only stop and listen. Baitball Blogger Jun 2015 #40
Yes, "stop and listen" would be a great strategy when running for Pres. Imagine Bernie feels Cha Jun 2015 #51
This web site has been hostile to black opinions for a long time. NONE of this shit is new Number23 Jun 2015 #43
"NOT ONE of the folks that dived head long over the cliff with the "manufactured outrage" and "Stop Cha Jun 2015 #52
Yes indeed. ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #86
Good article. cyberswede Jun 2015 #17
Some things were better in the 1950s, like tax rates. We have to be able to say that. Cheese Sandwich Jun 2015 #19
Whoosh. nt geek tragedy Jun 2015 #21
Yeah ... whoosh! A simple shame; but not unexpected. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #68
Not going back to the 50's culturally, or economically The2ndWheel Jun 2015 #22
al la carte One_Life_To_Give Jun 2015 #23
1950s - 1980 AgingAmerican Jun 2015 #24
What I don't get is how Hillary Clinton is supposed to be better. redgreenandblue Jun 2015 #25
Point is not that she is any nobler or geek tragedy Jun 2015 #33
I've never heard ANYONE- except members of the religious right- say things were awesome in the 50s. Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #27
You've missed the past 6 years of geek tragedy Jun 2015 #34
I hear you, and on some of it i agree. Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #50
I think advocating ideas that have been proven to work geek tragedy Jun 2015 #56
like the song says, you can't go back, and you can't stand still. Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #69
blacklivesmatter CTBlueboy Jun 2015 #28
+a million. Number23 Jun 2015 #29
It shouldn't have to wait until the debates. geek tragedy Jun 2015 #35
Exactly! bravenak Jun 2015 #37
Spot on. Baitball Blogger Jun 2015 #41
+1 million Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #59
Anyone who did not bail on the GOP by 1972, fails the racial awareness test. McCamy Taylor Jun 2015 #30
Not that it matters since she isn't running for the presidency, Baitball Blogger Jun 2015 #42
I don't hold that republican membership against Warren or anyone that has awaken ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #71
You should work on the examples and timeline madville Jun 2015 #94
"But the golden age wasn’t golden for people who weren’t white.." Cha Jun 2015 #31
Reaganomics and deregulation aren't good policy because they happened after the civil rights act TheKentuckian Jun 2015 #38
The consenus is that Obama has not addressed these issues, as his approach was not specific to Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #46
If this election were strictly about who has the best voting record, Bernie would be the geek tragedy Jun 2015 #60
Give it time. n/t Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #67
The Pres hasn't rejected all "race specific solutions", Jefferson.. from my previous post to the OP Cha Jun 2015 #81
The OP is what I am referring to, Cha..and good morning. Here she lends her opinion Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #84
Sometimes I wonder if I am in an alternate universe... Bonobo Jun 2015 #47
87% of African Americans view Hillary Clinton favorably Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #48
Yeah, and if I thought that that bland descriptor was an accurate gauge, I would agree. Bonobo Jun 2015 #49
True. bravenak Jun 2015 #55
I do admit it. Bonobo Jun 2015 #63
It sure ain't. bravenak Jun 2015 #64
I would say compartmentalized it ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #73
That is also true. bravenak Jun 2015 #74
If black folks wrote off every white person who showed gross geek tragedy Jun 2015 #57
I'm not saying they "wrote her off" but... Bonobo Jun 2015 #61
2008 definitely strained relations, but this is someone who's been in the public geek tragedy Jun 2015 #66
there is no lack of memory, it's brought up by the black community all the time JI7 Jun 2015 #77
Did you NOT read the part about her efforts to repair that damage? ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #72
I won't rise to your bait there. Bonobo Jun 2015 #75
Of course there isn't ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #78
Won't rise to that bait either, mister man. Bonobo Jun 2015 #82
Yep. That tactic is as old as the hills. And it certainly helps when some of the folks in that 13% Number23 Jun 2015 #87
Have you seen this? ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #88
Okay. Let's try ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #91
There are POC on THIS site that still consider it an issue. Bonobo Jun 2015 #96
Yes. That's why the favorability numbers ar 87%/13% ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #98
2008 is recent to me. Bonobo Jun 2015 #99
Some people are going to be shocked when this campaign goes south and west DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2015 #53
Joan Walsh has been reading from the AA Group of DU! ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #54
Here's something I don't undertsand? CANDO Jun 2015 #92
Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #93
Let me try again... CANDO Jun 2015 #95
Let ME try again ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #97
Warren was a Republican for 30 years. She is very much not my cup of tea due to her reluctance Bluenorthwest Jun 2015 #62
I hear you on that. geek tragedy Jun 2015 #70
Everybody who had a job on the books got paid better in the 1950s Warpy Jun 2015 #76
Not African American domestic workers gollygee Jun 2015 #85
This proud liberal hopes that .. ananda Jun 2015 #83
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