Since Donald Trump’s ascension to the White House, various political insiders have warned Democrats not to talk about race issues or what they term — “identity politics,” a phrase that intentionally downgrades a raft of critical concerns. …
They’re wrong. In empirical testing, we found that Democrats can prevail by telling a story that ties together race and class, calling out the right’s exploitation of racial anxiety as a tactic to divide and distract. To win this fall, Democrats shouldn’t shy away from race. They should talk about race together with economic issues — at every opportunity. CONT.
Ian Haney López (Berkeley) & Anat Shenker-Osorio (ASO Communications), Washington Post