African American

and I think labor unions are important, though there's been racism in labor unions as well. Ideally, labor unions would help all working people, even if that isn't how they've operated in the past.

But they see any talk about racism as turning away white voters who would vote with Democrats if the focus were only on things like labor unions and the minimum wage. And, to be fair, I do think there are a lot of white voters who vote for Republicans solely because it's the white supremacist party.

Also, most white people in the US grew up in environments where they were only or almost only ever around white people. The majority of white people in the US grew up in towns and school systems where they really never came into contact with people of color, or maybe only slightly came into contact with one or two, and then often in a service capacity. Even progressive people who grew up in circumstances like that have to work to overcome that upbringing, even if they're highly motivated. It takes work. Racism does not go away by ignoring it, no matter what people might say. (And I know everyone in the Af Am group knows that.)