It’s obvious that white supremacy will not end without a fight. Exhibit A: Trump whipping up hatred towards the Squad, all women of color, half of whom are Muslim. Progressives talking on TV, or in university spaces, about white supremacy and colorism could learn a thing or two about history.
So all we can do is try to crush the Republican Party at the ballot box. What other options are there? Reactionary American whites, as always, won’t give up their power unless it’s taken from them by either a literal or figurative war. Liberals need to be as Lincolnesque as possible in this endeavor—we don’t have to win the votes of unrepentent bigots, just the fretful fence-sitters—but we also need to be Lincolnesque in our commitment to winning the Trump-inspired race war we’re now in the middle of.
Kevin Drum has a point when he says:
If working-class whites abandon them even a little bit, they’re toast.
We need a candidate in 2020 who can peel off a few working class whites, while not abandoning our constituencies.