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Originally posted by Jeff Higgins
I wonder if folks will ever see that this has been about social class much more than it has been about race all this time. The red neck trailer trash hillbilly has far more in common with the inner city ghetto dwelling black or Hispanic than any of them would like to admit. If they ever came to realize this, and quit fighting among themselves and banded together against their true oppressors - the monied elite of all races - they might get somewhere. As long as the movers and shakers at the top can keep lower income whites convinced that EEO and similar programs give minorities an unfair advantage, and convince those minorities that most of their problems stem from whitey's racism, they have successfully divided and conquered. If the rednecks ever band together with the brothers they would have a very strong political and economic voice that could no longer be ignored. Both "sides" have to wake up first, though, and realize they are on the same side.
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You are touching on the concept that financial aid and "affirmative action" are more appropriately tied to socioeconomic status than race. I'm certainly in favor of that.