Shedding light on the politics of division.
Dr. Ian Haney Lopez' must-read analysis brings to mind LBJ's famous words:
“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”
The widsom expressed here is that we must address race and not shy away from it—even as we ensure that no politician, party or ideology serve the perverse interest of dividing us.
-Angela Valenzuela
22 hours ago·29 min read
This essay first appeared as part of the Democracy Endgame series hosted by Protect Democracy.
As a practical matter, at the present moment the survival of democracy in the United States hinges upon the electoral success of the Democratic Party. Given the radicalization of the Republican Party, there is little prospect that democracy endures unless Democrats win enough elections to remain in control of the federal government.
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