tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082331.post8423997101147735070..comments2023-12-22T15:39:43.656-07:00Comments on debitage: Environmental Justice WRT Class And RaceStentorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13629599671442149938noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082331.post-40849388356981730592008-03-20T02:56:00.000-07:002008-03-20T02:56:00.000-07:00I agree with your explanation of class-over-race a...I agree with your explanation of class-over-race arguments, but I think there's also another motivating factor. American populism is traditionally racist: it's based on Northern ethnic whites and Southern rednecks in opposition to both blacks and capitalist excesses. It's only after the 1960s that there developed any economic populism that incorporated blacks, but nowadays it's anti-Hispanic. A class-trumps-race argument is powerful when your constituency is poor whites.<BR/><BR/>This can also partially explain why conservatives would use these arguments. Economic populism hasn't been dominant in any mainstream party since William Jennings Bryan. Nixon and Reagan both effectively appealed to white blue-collar workers who felt alienated by rich liberals who weren't concerned with the rising crime rate.Alon Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195377309045184452noreply@blogger.com