DCentric

Progressives who believe in reform, should understand the hopes and fears of those who will be affected by their efforts. This is very different than saying progressives should make policy solely on those hopes and fears. But if, for instance, you’re going to talk about housing policy in cities with substantial black population, you need to understand that you’re talking about a constituency which, for much of the history of the modern American housing market, was discriminated as matter of national policy. They’re going to require a kind of convincing that goes beyond, “Your thoughts are highly conservative.”

— www.theatlantic.com