Those who look to the New Deal as a possible model for Democratic economic policies in this era...

[Ken Burch]

15. The point has been made, and it is a valid point,

that the New Deal era left blacks(especially Southern blacks) and Latinos(and Native Americans) out in the cold.

There were exclusions based on race in most of the programs.

And it was an official in FDR's administration who came up with the idea of redlining(that is, instructing banks and insurance agencies not to offer loans or insurance policies to people living in certain neighborhoods-these were usually black or Latino neighborhoods, although sometimes they were working-class white neighborhoods as well). These were horrific, indefensible injustices.

NOBODY who wants the return of New Deal-style policies wants the exclusions or the redlining brought back.

Yet the communities who suffered in that era have historic reasons to distrust that.

It's a question of establishing trust.

That is crucial, because nothing short of the New Deal programs is going to achieve anything or be worth doing.