种族政治因此阻碍了阶级政治的崛起，而阶级政治本来可能让贫穷的白人和黑人携起手来，共同要求为提供更多公共服务而向白人精英层增税。
Racial politics thus blocked the emergence of class politics, which would have brought poor whites and poor blacks together to demand more public services paid for by higher taxes on elite whites.