I don’t think race is involved here, although, it may lead to it. This is class warfare, rich vs poor, right vs wrong, good vs evil, entitlement vs self reliance, and freedom vs slavery.
“This is class warfare ... “
I agree, and I think it’s going to get much, much worse.
There is no denying, there is huge pressure on the middle class. Globalization has put downward pressure on middle class wages, while endangering those jobs.
In my day, a kid could finish High School, get a factory job, and have a reasonable existence. Today, that’s a nearly impossible scenario. In fact, now a kid can go to college, get a BSEE and end up scrambling to get a job.
Add to that the Wall Street crowd trashing the economy and not a single soul going to jail. The stratification of the economic classes has become very pronounced.
If you do the right things, and end up on the dole, barely making ends meet, and you see that the privileged people at the top are making $10s of millions a year, or more. All the while selling toxic assets and receiving our tax dollars in the form of TARP... there will be a breaking point.