538 - Democrats Have Their Own Challenges In Talking About Racial Issues In The Trump Era

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2. To the Contrary, We Need To Teach Those That Hate Us, How To Love

Martin Luther King spoke with his jailers about how they shared the same economic worries, and that social justice was the key to economic justice as he explained in Drum Major sermon. Lyndon Johnson understood how racism was often used to oppress poor whites. During the civil war, poor whites were recruited to fight for the South and slavery even though the presence of slavery undercut their own earnings.

Democrats should not run from issues of race. Rather, they need to confront the issue head on and show working class whites that they should be in solidarity with the party that is fighting for the working class, not the party that offers them the false promise of racial superiority.