“We are getting very far indeed from FDR’s party of the common man and woman.”
FDR’s party was the party of the common White man, which is the crux of the matter for Democrats today. The civil rights movement--and, later, the feminist movement--persuaded a significant number of White Democrats that if their party did not stand for the rights of all men and women, it stood for nothing. Many Whites have been unable or unwilling to accept that. Ruy Teixera seems unable to accept that the dilemma exists.
“We are getting very far indeed from FDR’s party of the common man and woman.”
FDR’s party was the party of the common White man, which is the crux of the matter for Democrats today. The civil rights movement--and, later, the feminist movement--persuaded a significant number of White Democrats that if their party did not stand for the rights of all men and women, it stood for nothing. Many Whites have been unable or unwilling to accept that. Ruy Teixera seems unable to accept that the dilemma exists.