There are no others. I know it is hard to imagine but in rural WI for example it is so homogenous white Christian that people divide themselves according to what Church people go to. Everyone is basically alike with no presence of really weathy... all the "others" are very far away. Thats how I grew up. The opportunities for developing empathy are almost all based on family, church, school, workplace and mostly MEDIA. There is no cultural infrastructure--plays, museums, events, shows... maybe if you are lucky you have a decent public library or good High school teacher. All else comes from the pulpit or the screen.

Just being white is not going to cut it anymore. They have to organize into a movement with positive message for personal gains just like Labor, Gay Rights, Women, and The Civil Rights
Movements.Without these massive movements for positive change there would have been no change. Then, they have to stop voting against their own best interests for Republicans who betray them at every move and blame Democrats and LIBRULS.
Wrapping themselves in the flag of righteous indifference to their fellow Americans. Waving their guns and proclaiming to own Jesus while hating everyone else is NOT a movement, it is a pathology.

and sexist." Umm, that's because you ARE! These people cannot stand the fact that they are being forced to face the truth about who they really are. The reason they aren't getting anywhere has to do with THEM and not because other people are getting unfair advantages. I have no pity for them, they have created their own misery.

... bigots just support bigots ... which to a lot of people that means they're one too.

of their lack of education which creates a lack of critical thinking. How do the Dems improve at least the perception?

And they are blaming the wrong groups for their problems. Rich old white fucks like Bush the dumber ruined the economy.

Federal aid comprises 42% of the state’s budget and yet the nation does not care about them?

What is WRONG with this picture?

Don't they get $1.30 Federal aid etc for every $1 they pay in tax?

This and "you're forcing me to think" - how do you convert those who are so lost?

You can't cut off funding - that would be an unmitigated disaster

They refuse to acknowledge those that actually want to help them - so the left can't make headway

They don't want the government to help yet are so hypocritical it leaves anyone who can think it through with their mouths agape.

They keep voting against their own interests and aligning themselves with those out to destroy them - so you can't enact policies to effect change

Sometimes the Right makes me feel like we're all living in the Hunger Games

If education could be improved and made to feel more fun and more exciting, more desirable, it would be a start toward a feeling of self worth. A long way to go I'm afraid.

If you don't elect representatives that value education and fund it, you're dead in the water.

Republicans systematically have decimated public education and it's orders of magnitude worse in areas that actually need it the most. A vicious self-fulfilling cycle.

Because those are state funded. Culture, arts, humanities has to be subsidized in rural America. Shows, exhibits, performances need to travel in. That will create empathy and a conversation on a human level. I remember the bookmobile coming to my little town... and the few times performers came to our school. Really seeing and interacting with people is key to creating empathy and awareness.

And totally agree.

are endless.

To improve their collective lives, but what do they organize around? Class identity? Being rural? It's a tough one. Remember when a lot of farmers lost land back in the 80s? Between agribusiness and union busting, and lack of investment in rural America it's a hard road to see... a lot of little towns have a lot of chain stores uglifying the landscape and sucking money away from the community. American history focused on these regions is necessary for them to understand themselves.

Poor white people, living in the suburbs and having a significantly better lifestyle than those they complain about isn't good enough. They want all those (fill in the blank) to SHUT UP!! Even better, they want those with less to suffer - then they'll feel better with their "status" as the "majority".