"You say you are
aggrieved because you have not achieved what you think you deserve or you think
some less deserving other has taken it. Despite having moved into the middle
class, I have spent my career teaching about and advocating for labor unions, a
living wage, affordable childcare, social security, affordable healthcare,
accessible higher education. Progressives are actually the ones who support the
economic programs and policies that could make a difference for the working
class.
"You have a right to be
aggrieved, but I fear you are targeting the wrong people. Low paying jobs, job
insecurity, companies moving work overseas, low benefits, little vacation ―
these are the results of decades of policies that benefit the truly wealthy ―
those whose wealth depends not on the labor of their hands but on their ability
to exploit the production of poorly paid laborers. The problem is not that
immigrants have taken your jobs or drained money from the safety net. The
problem is that the system of wealth sets workers against one another so they
do not target the real economic power that limits their work and financial
security."
Trump won mainly due to the margin Rust Belt Whites gave him because they were angry. Angry because there are fewer employment opportunities where they live; because they felt like second class citizens; because they believe they deserve the lion's share of the wealth and opportunity the country has to offer; because they believe it is they and the politicians they elect who should say if non-Whites should get any of the pie and, if so, how much. Shut up! Now you know how Blacks, Latinos, and other non-whites have lived and felt for decades - marginalized, underemployed, living in the shadows of wealth all around them. Don't like it, huh? Too bad! It is the American corporations that sent your jobs overseas, not because the Liberals in the White House and Congress forced them to but because it meant more profits for those corporations and their stock holders.
African Americans and Latinos who voted for Trump: Do you really believe Trump is going to give you more equality and access to wealth and power than have the Democrats? Read below my post entitled "Doomed?" on Trump and Bannon's vision for our country and a world dominated by White, Western civilization. In this new world they are working toward you will not be sitting as equals among the wealthy and powerful on the bus. You will return to the rear and be forced to take the crumbs they may or may not brush your way.
All of us in the US want a better, fairer chance at achieving the American Dream. Resist the Trump regime to the best of your ability and vote the Republicans out in 2018!
