On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 10:49 PM, michael yates <[email protected]> wrote:
> On another list, I said this: > > Michael Yates said: > And what might the "popular left" be? Popular to whom? "Defined in large > measure"? "A particular social and cultural group"? "the Appalachian > mountains"? Not much specificity here. Those mountains go from southern NY > to Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi. That's a pretty big area (and about > 25 million people) to be writing about "the destitute white underclass." > What is an "underclass" anyway?" > Thanks for this Michael. Of course as I said in my previous message, I am in complete agreement regarding the carelessness and lack-of-specificity in the deBoer piece. Not to mention that I find his main argument about the alleged overemphasis on race and gender completely unconvincing and quite a bit disturbing. > Finally, there have been many acts of racial solidarity in those > Appalachian Mts., notably among coal miners in the United Mine Workers. > Well, this is a decidedly "glass half full" viewpoint. I'd say the acts of racial solidarity are painfully uncommon and pale next to the continuing racial animosity as seen in the 2012 election results in West Virginia. -raghu.
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