Chicago Defender, July 30th, 2004
Howard Dean faced some serious heat over his courting of the Confederate-flag-waving crowd during the Democratic primary. He definitely should have. It was, as he said, a clumsy way to reach southern voters. Yet one of the comments that was overlooked is the need for poor whites to begin voting in their own self-economic interests.
Dean was largely speaking of whites in the South, which used to be a Democratic stronghold, but is now decisively Republican. That grip grew even stronger with Republican gubernatorial victories last year in Kentucky and Mississippi.
In many of these states, Afric...
HighBeam Research, Free Preview: 'Poor whites need to wake up'... Full Membership required for unlimited access. Free 7-day trial.
Subscribers: HighBeam content is only available to HighBeam subscribers. Click the link above for more information.
