Thread by @LarryGlickman

No matter how often it’s repeated, it is not accurate to suggest that non-college-educated whites make up the entirety of the category of “blue collar workers.” The latter category includes many people of color. nytimes.com/2020/09/02/opi…

There is a frustrating slippage throughout Sandel's article. For example, he writes, "In 2016, two-thirds of whites without a college degree voted for Mr. Trump, while Hillary Clinton won more than 70 percent of voters with advanced degrees."/2

Shouldn't he be comparing _people_ without a college degree versus those with advanced degrees? Why does he only include "whites" in that category, particularly when we know that, since 1964, a majority of whites have supported the Republican in every presidential election. /3

I get that Sandel is talking about symbolic politics but shouldn't he mention policy. Which candidate is promoting free community college, a $15/hr minimum wage, federal child care support, and expansion of health care? /4

Whereas Trump is very concerned that "low income" people might move to suburbs, pushed through a tax boondoggle for the rich, is still trying to take away health care from millions, opposes an increase in the minimum wage, and has allowed a pandemic to rage..../5

that has disproportionately fallen on essential workers and other people (especially of color) living in precarious economic circumstances./6