Jasper the Cat Against White Supremacy

One of the things that has worried me this past few years has been the resurgence of White Supremacist groups.

The ironic thing about White Supremacy is that it doesn't actually help poor and working class Whites.

White Supremacy only helps the White elite.

During the era of slavery and Jim Crow, for instance, the majority of poor and working class White communities remained impoverished and the profits from the White Supremacist system were funneled only to the White southern plantation owners and wealthy elites.

During the Reconstruction era, the wealthy elite White southerners riled up racism against Blacks to prevent poor Whites and poor Blacks from forming alliances to gain both economic and political power.

During the 20th century, both liberal Democrats and democratic socialists sought to create a coalition of the White working class, minorities and the poor for a common fight for economic and racial justice.

When leftists were successful in organizing this multiracial coalition of minorities and the working class, this created political support for Social Security, Civil Rights, Medicare, workplace safety rules, the minimum wage, Medicaid and other programs that helped all communities.

White Supremacy is also causing a great divide between White Evangelicals and Black Evangelicals.

In 2024, 85% of White Evangelicals voted for Donald Trump. Around 83% of Black Evangelicals voted for Kamala Harris.

Here is a video on how I made this cartoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aDIzXjXowQ

REFERENCES
"Capitol Men: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen" by Philip Dray
https://www.amazon.com/Capitol-Men-Reconstruction-Through-BlackCongress…

"American Coup: Wilmington 1898" a PBS American Experience documentary about how white supremacists used intimidation and violence in 1898 to overthrow Wilmington, North Carolina’s democratically-elected, multi-racial government
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/american-coup-wilming…

"In presidential election, many Christian voters split along racial lines" by Bobby Rose Jr. for The Christian Chronicle
https://christianchronicle.org/in-presidential-election-many-christian-…

"Analyzing the 2024 Presidential Vote: PRRI’s Post-Election Survey"
https://prri.org/research/analyzing-the-2024-presidential-vote-prris-po…

"Black, White, and Born Again: How Race Affects Opinions Among Evangelicals" by Diana Orces for PRRI
https://prri.org/spotlight/black-white-and-born-again-how-race-affects-…