3 months, 2 weeks ago

How the left can get its mojo back: Listen to working-class people of faith

I have provided career and life coaching advice to thousands of working-class students and adults over the years. Contemporary liberals seem baffled that they're losing working-class people of faith to Trump. As many parents at my school perceived it, white liberal administrators were not providing the students with proper education or safety, all while ignoring or undermining the families' cultural, spiritual and educational beliefs. When I see working-class people of faith who feel ignored or overlooked by the structures of power in our society, I completely understand their desire to stay out off politics altogether — or try to blow it up. So when I see working-class people of faith who believe they are being ignored or overlooked by the structures of power in our society, I completely understand their desire either to stay out off politics altogether — or try to blow it up, by voting for the guy who seems intent on disrupting the system.

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