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DNC Night I — The Glorious White Working-Man Myth
You Are Not the Center of the World
The Rust Belt Appeal we are seeing during this American Presidential 2024 election season is obvious by the choice of cities the political conventions are in. The Glorious White Working-Man Myth on full display from the political conventions we are seeing is all about appealing to angry white men. It’s a dirty dead myth blinding Americans to modern financial decision and how the global world works.
I got caught up somehow in the last part of first night of the Democratic Convention. As I looked at the crowd, heard Kamala make a guess appearance, I saw an electrified crowd of diversity. I finally white men mixed in, but far from overwhelming the very diverse and positive crowd, all aimed for the first time in what seems like a decade a commonness I’ve not seen or felt. I did feel a hope and lifting of darkness for America that has been missing.
Sure, I saw Hillary Clinton deliver a good speech on night two, even though I and half the party was not thrilled to cast our votes for her back in 2016, and her popular vote victory felt like a defeat, starting a loss of hope, and where diversity started getting pounded on daily by Trumps tweets. I saw the Obamas the second night, rock and roll stars, and some women even shedding tears of joy and hope. But it…
