The Democrats desperate attempt to make politics about race

Tim Carney:
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Most measures of racial equality are improving. Those measures that are not improving are, for the most part, sitting at or near all-time bests. The most popular politician in America is our African-American two-term ex-president. And if you look at how black and white Americans are living their daily lives, there seems to be more racial harmony than ever before.

But in political debate, racial issues are more widespread and contentious than they've been in a generation. What's behind this?
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But it is important not to regard Trump as the sole cause. This strife would be occurring even absent Trump, for his election was a result, not the cause, of nationwide white working-class ire. And beneath the whole issue is that Democrats desperately need race as a prominent issue if they are to regain political power. They have proved themselves willing for decades to highlight racial division.
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The Marist Institute for Public Opinion asked members of the public if they mostly agree with, mostly disagree with, or are unsure about the white supremacy movement. Four percent said they mostly agree. Even that number sounds high, but 4 percent in a poll like that can be ignored. Here's a comparison: A 2016 poll found 5 percent of African-Americans saying the Emancipation Proclamation was wrong. Another found that 7 percent of the public supposedly believe chocolate milk comes from brown cows. Does that seem likely?

The "alt-right," a subculture that gets much media attention for its racism and race obsession, found support from a similarly negligible 6 percent in that Marist poll.

Insofar as attitudes toward race can be measured, white racism against blacks is fading. Support for interracial marriage has climbed from 4 percent to 87 percent. The Economist reports that "racially and ethnically motivated hate crimes reported to the FBI fell 48% between 1994 and 2015." Its article, headlined, "Racist behavior is declining in America" concluded, "Americans as a whole are still moving away from bigotry."
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There is more.

I personally don't know anyone who openly espouses "white nationalism."  The same goes for neo-Nazis. I think the Democrats are stirring this fear because they think they may be losing the black vote which is crucial to their gaining power.  Since Trump's election, the black joblessness situation has improved and this move away from dependency is also scary for Democrats if they think they will not get credit for it.  The Democrats disdain for the white working class has also hurt them.

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