Re: Campaign 2016 Part XI: the Two Party Problem
I don't know which of us is right, but at least this is testable. Which factor is more important in turnout: race or wealth? From an exhaustive 3 minute internet search I don't see any study that measures one while controlling for the other, despite it seeming like a pretty obvious question.
In general, I believe that American racial disparities are really class disparities in disguise. Even racism in America is in my view actually a class issue, because people are taking the mental short cut and assuming class characteristics when they see race (expectation states theory 101). It's not that America treats black people like crap. It's that we treat poor people like crap, and because there's an overlap of poor and black we just go ahead and treat black people like crap to save time.
Originally posted by 5mn_Major
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In general, I believe that American racial disparities are really class disparities in disguise. Even racism in America is in my view actually a class issue, because people are taking the mental short cut and assuming class characteristics when they see race (expectation states theory 101). It's not that America treats black people like crap. It's that we treat poor people like crap, and because there's an overlap of poor and black we just go ahead and treat black people like crap to save time.
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