White working class voters are not going to vote for Jesse Jackson.
Tell that to Jackson supporter Jim Hightower (ex-Texas Agriculture Secretary.)
Jackson was treated as a fringe candidate...until he won states in 1984.
And if you want to define me as non-white, go ahead; there were plenty of people early in the 20th century who would if they knew I had Sicilian and perhaps even for my Polish ancestry.
The whole Catholic thing would probably have been the deal-breaker for these particular bigots. And some generations before that, Methodism (two generations of men on my father's side converted for the privilege of marrying my grandmother and great-grandmother...respectively).
Personally I've come to think of "white" in the American context as meaning "I have accepted a pact to forget about where my ancestors actually came from in return for a ticket to membership in a nation that defines itself by racism."
But honestly I think I'm about as "white" as they come.
As for working class--if you want to define me out of the working class because I darn well would and did support Jackson, fine. Please tell my creditors they can stop expecting me to go on paying them 'cause if I don't work, I sure don't have any other assets to give them!
kthnxsbai!