Tag: Article 1 – Democratic and Progressive Movement

But the U.S. working class actually has a higher percentage of people of color than our population overall. And black and Latino household income and wealth still lag well behind whites — gaps that didn’t arise by chance. More recently, Fox News has peddled feverish nonsense about the tiny New Black Panther Party, “illegal immigrants” and more. From spreading hysteria about MS-13 to making dishonest claims that football players who kneel during the national anthem “don’t respect the flag,” the president has aggressively pushed the most divisive form of identity politics: white identity politics. Many black, brown and young voters turned out for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012 but stayed home in 2016. As the Pew Research Center reported, black turnout tanked in 2016, dropping seven percentage points from 2012. As the record Florida primary turnout for Andrew Gillum showed, millions of new and occasional voters stand ready to support candidates who call out the discrimination at the heart of Trump’s policies and show they’ll fight it. Orson Aguilar is president of The Greenlining Institute. No one covers what is happening in our community better than we do. And with a digital subscription, you'll never miss a local story.