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Daily Kos / By Chauncey DeVega

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Why Elites Want to Mask the Suffering of Poor Whites

White elites and opinion leaders are wary of poor white people because they expose the defects of capitalism.

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As such, a meaningful discussion of white poverty in the Age of Austerity is not an approved topic for the public discourse even while "we the people" are suffering everyday.

Chauncey DeVega, a pseudonym, is editor and founder of the blog We Are Respectable Negroes. His essays on race, popular culture and politics have been published in various books and Web sites. He can be reached at chaunceydevega@gmail.com.

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