The Democratic Party can still forge a coalition of the working class and poor of all races.
Engaging with identity doesn't mean accusing white men of being racist or sexist, nor does it mean neglecting class issues.
Ian Haney LópezTwitterIan Haney López is the Earl Warren Professor of Public Law at the University of California, Berkeley, where he teaches in the areas of race and constitutional law. His most recent book is Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class (Oxford 2014).