As i have said before: on other side, it is a game among, between white people. A generation or two ago (my parents), whites needed to show they weren't like their lower class, semi-employed, drunken, out-of-wedlock pregnant white neighbors. "We are middle class now, not like them." Their children went to college. Now educated, "We are not like those other (uneducated, unenlightened) racist whites." We don't oppose affirmative action, like those rural crackers (but also, not like the plumber, mechanic, guy who does my lawn, etc.)" The two games fit in equilibrium. Quite a dance.
As i have said before: on other side, it is a game among, between white people. A generation or two ago (my parents), whites needed to show they weren't like their lower class, semi-employed, drunken, out-of-wedlock pregnant white neighbors. "We are middle class now, not like them." Their children went to college. Now educated, "We are not like those other (uneducated, unenlightened) racist whites." We don't oppose affirmative action, like those rural crackers (but also, not like the plumber, mechanic, guy who does my lawn, etc.)" The two games fit in equilibrium. Quite a dance.