I think the following quote from a Salon article is instructive:



That's backward and may result in part from Bernie living in the whitest state in the US. Those deeply entrenched beliefs and attitudes prevent economic solidarity. Those beliefs and attitudes are largely what enable the economic conditions we decry. Strategically diminishing racism is key to sustainable progress. As the Salon article points out, polls suggest a majority of Americans agree with Bernie's position on various economic issues, but it's that 'psychological wage' (feeling superior to and more deserving than 'The Other') - as FJT put it in another thread - that stands in the way. Otherwise we wouldn't see tens of millions of people repeatedly voting against their 'class' interests.

There seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding of what social justice and economic justice are, and how they relate to one another. As I wrote here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512669872

And, as I posted in FJT's thread, anti-racism is key to the success of the labor union movement (see post #201 from that thread).

Political correctness is just another way of saying human decency, and it's Republicans who play identity politics. Playing along with the right wing narrative is not in the long-term or short-term interests of the Democratic Party.

Worth reading: http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/the-dark-rigidity-of-fundamentalist-rural-america-a-view-from-the-inside/#.WGn7bz5oJ-5.facebook

Once again, the narrative promoted in the OP is, whether people realize it or not, the same narrative many DU posters have been promoting for the last 2 months. Trump supporters have promoted it, as well, which ought to tell you something. It comes from different angles with different spins, but it's bull shit regardless. The reaction to the OP would be hysterical if it wasn't so sad. Suddenly people are either defending or attacking a narrative on which they previously took the opposite stance.