The
End of White Politics: How to Heal Our Liberal Divide
by Zerlina Maxwell
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In
the entire history of the United States of America,
we've
never elected a woman as our president.
And
we've only had one president who was not a white man.
After working on two
presidential campaigns (for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton), MSNBC political
analyst and SiriusXM host Zerlina Maxwell gained first-hand knowledge of
everything liberals have been doing right over the past few elections--and
everything they are still doing wrong. Ultimately, these errors worked in President
Donald Trump's favor in 2016; he effectively ran a campaign on white identity
politics, successfully tapping into white male angst and resistance. In 2020,
after the Democratic Party's most historically diverse pool of presidential
candidates finally dwindled down to Joe Biden, once again an older white man,
Maxwell has posed the ultimate question: what now, liberals?
Fueled by Maxwell's trademark
wit and candor, The End of White Politics dismantles the past and present
problems of the Left, challenging everyone from scrappy, young "Bernie
Bros" to seasoned power players in the "Billionaire Boys' Club."
No topic is taboo; whether tackling the white privilege that enabled Mayor Pete
Buttigieg's presidential run, the controversial #HashtagActivism of the
Millennial generation, the massive individual donations that sway politicians
toward maintaining the status quo of income inequality, or the lingering racism
that debilitated some Democratic presidential contenders and cut their
promising campaigns short, Maxwell pulls no punches in her fierce critique.
However, underlying all of these individual issues, Maxwell argues that it's
the "liberal-minded" party's struggle to engage women and communities
of color--and its preoccupation with catering to the white, male working
class--that threatens to be its most lethal shortfall.
The times--and the
demographics-are changing, and in order for progressive politics to prevail, we
must acknowledge our shortcomings, take ownership of our flaws, and do
everything in our power to level the playing field for all Americans. The End
of White Politics shows exactly how and why progressives can lean into identity
politics, empowering marginalized groups, and uniting under a common vision
that will benefit us all.
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