Comments on: An Open Challenge to Matt Stoller http://www.kungfuquip.com/an-open-challenge-to-matt-stoller/ Thoughts On Life In The Swamp Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:43:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Turk http://www.kungfuquip.com/an-open-challenge-to-matt-stoller/comment-page-1/#comment-10822 Turk Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:08:10 +0000 http://www.kungfuquip.com/?p=871#comment-10822 Exactly. I don't believe that racism is now, or has ever been, limited to one partisan stripe. That was evident from the exit polls in the Democratic Primaries. I suspect we're likely to see the distribution of racism (as indicated by those willing to self-identify) is pretty even. Exactly. I don’t believe that racism is now, or has ever been, limited to one partisan stripe. That was evident from the exit polls in the Democratic Primaries.

I suspect we’re likely to see the distribution of racism (as indicated by those willing to self-identify) is pretty even.

]]> By: The Pop View http://www.kungfuquip.com/an-open-challenge-to-matt-stoller/comment-page-1/#comment-10821 The Pop View Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:22:36 +0000 http://www.kungfuquip.com/?p=871#comment-10821 This election cycle has demonstrated (to people who don't remember or choose to forget) that racism is a pretty broad phenomenon in the U.S. Racism has never been confined to one party or just certain regions or classes in this country. It might be accurate to examine the history of the two parties and note when they wanted to appeal to certain groups (e.g. Southerners or working class whites) and weren't afraid to appeal to the lower natures of those groups. Surely, Democrats have just changed their appeals over the years, instead of being now or ever better morally than Republicans. This election cycle has demonstrated (to people who don’t remember or choose to forget) that racism is a pretty broad phenomenon in the U.S. Racism has never been confined to one party or just certain regions or classes in this country.

It might be accurate to examine the history of the two parties and note when they wanted to appeal to certain groups (e.g. Southerners or working class whites) and weren’t afraid to appeal to the lower natures of those groups. Surely, Democrats have just changed their appeals over the years, instead of being now or ever better morally than Republicans.

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