I mostly agree with this. But it is foolish to think that only working class whites are racist.My multiracial family lives in a neighborhood of very wealthy, very liberal white people. I am the only person in my family who is white. I am continually shocked at the racial and socioeconomic stupidity of my neighbors (for complicated reasons, we can’t leave for at least a few more years). There are the venture capitalists who send their kids to private schools but prominently display their Black Lives Matter signs. There are the “philanthropists”, with massive inherited wealth,  who oppose zoning that would allow multi family dwellings in our area. There are the psychiatrists who charge $300/hour but don’t take insurance. The corporate lawyers who pay all their workers (landscapers, babysitters, housekeepers) under the table. These people don’t see how their actions and lifestyle stomp on low income people every day. They avoid taxes but complain about infrastructure. They finance charter schools to undermine unions and strip local schools from funding.  They describe their own children as having “merit” in college applications without realizing that their kids are admitted because their families can pay full freight.No wonder lower income people are divided and angry.

I mostly agree with this. But it is foolish to think that only working class whites are racist.My multiracial family lives in a neighborhood of very wealthy, very liberal white people. I am the only person in my family who is white. I am continually shocked at the racial and socioeconomic stupidity of my neighbors (for complicated reasons, we can’t leave for at least a few more years). There are the venture capitalists who send their kids to private schools but prominently display their Black Lives Matter signs. There are the “philanthropists”, with massive inherited wealth,  who oppose zoning that would allow multi family dwellings in our area. There are the psychiatrists who charge $300/hour but don’t take insurance. The corporate lawyers who pay all their workers (landscapers, babysitters, housekeepers) under the table. These people don’t see how their actions and lifestyle stomp on low income people every day. They avoid taxes but complain about infrastructure. They finance charter schools to undermine unions and strip local schools from funding.  They describe their own children as having “merit” in college applications without realizing that their kids are admitted because their families can pay full freight.No wonder lower income people are divided and angry.

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