Merge left [electronic resource] : fusing race and class, winning elections, and saving America / Ian Haney López.

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"An essential road map to neutralizing the role of racism as a divide-and-conquer political weapon and to building a broad multiracial progressive future."--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Haney-López, Ian (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : The New Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Racism > Political aspects > United States.
Post-racialism > United States.
Right and left (Political science) > United States.
United States > Race relations > Political aspects.
United States > Politics and government > 21st century.
Online Access:
BTAA DEI eBooks Collection: 2019 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2019 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2019 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Fusing race and class, winning elections, and saving America
Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections, and Saving America
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction: Matt and Tom
  • Building a multiracial progressive movement
  • Calling out class war and racism
  • Yes, it's still dog whistling. That's a good thing because the alternative is far worse
  • Testing racial fear
  • There are some voters the Left should not try to win
  • Weaponizing racism against government efforts to help working families
  • How the Right's core narrative shapes the political landscape : base, persuadables, and opposition
  • Can Democrats build a supermajority while staying silent about racism?
  • Should the Left lead with racial justice?
  • The racial temptation of the Democrats : racially resentful white voters
  • The "merge right" chapter, or how Trumpism mines and fuels dangerous trends among whites
  • The race-class approach.