He makes it sound like being white collar is a disease...
He's trying to lump those who live in rust belt and may have lost their jobs when manufacturing went overseas as "victims." The answer however is not to make them a perpetual victim class, as Obama and Wright do for the Blacks, but to give them tools so they can help themselves to a better education, skills and lifestyle. A candidate needs to give them a vision that they alone can give themselves a better life, not government freebies at the expense of those who have jobs.
After 25 years, most have weathered the hard times and moved on, many in small businesses. The irony is that those who took it upon themselves to become successful are exactly the ones Obama and Hillary both target with higher taxes that will prevent them and others, maybe their employees, from enjoying the benefits of their hard work.