Doyle Saylor writes:
Greetings Economists,
On Oct 13, 2008, at 9:29 AM, raghu wrote:
A black President is not "change"?
Doyle;
The shift in racist attitudes is significant change indeed, but also
cosmetic. Carrol means reforms like health care must follow. A reformer
who promises reforms that don't produce social stability, loses
credibility and opens the door to contemplate reforms outside
'legitimate' social frameworks. In other words invites radical
alternatives to the table.
Thanks,
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The significance of the article, IMO, is the way in which it registers how
changes in economic conditions contribute to a higher level of political
consciousness - in this case, white working class women, overcoming their
ingrained racial prejudices, moving towards Obama. Narrowing the racial
divide within the white working class seems to me to be the essential
precondition for further political advance in the US, regardless of how an
Obama adminstration performs. I don't think dismissal or scorn of such
movement is warranted.
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