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In reply to the discussion: We Need A Class Consciousness Revival [View all]DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)because a nation that is willing to throw people's civil rights under the bus will NEVER be able to build a class consciousness. Why the hell should working class people feel unified if they know the white males who tend to be the big voices hate the women and minorities as much as the GOP does? How the hell do you build class solidarity when you know that the person marchign next to you still thinks you are inferior because of your skin color or gender?
Social and economic issues are two halve of the whole, because you cannot have one without the other.
And to say she does not care about the issues because she does not want this party to jettison minorities in favor of the good old days when union members could utter race expletives and beat their wives and still be considered allright fellas is BS. Many of us Hispanics tried to join unions, only to be shown the door and have people demonizing us as "spics."