[rockrr]

Young whites today are probably more polarized than they were thirty years ago; they see clearly that their race is used to wage economic war against them, and young people I’ve spoken see very clearly that nobody on “the other side” wants an honest discussion about race - they just want to lecture whites and be paid as compensation for being born another color.

I agree, although this observation clearly goes against conventional "wisdom".

I live in Western Washington - about as far from southern "good ol boys" as one can get. So it was especially amusing to read this "hate" article on one of the local news sites:

Swastikas, racist and homophobic Wi-Fi hotspot names pop up on phones during school assembly.

Now, I seriously doubt that any of these kids are sons of the south or are mindful of "heritage, not hate". I'm amused that they have discovered the iconography that disturbs the "establishment" and are (literally) waving it in their faces to mock and trigger them.

“Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.” ― George Orwell, 1984

[kearnyirish2]

I don’t think of whites in Western Washington as Klansmen, but I also think they are isolated from much of the racial turmoil of the rest of the country - and are quite happy to live away from those problems.