Reply #26: Really fierce fiscal conservatism can tie in with racism, though.

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The tendency to underfund public education, especially prevalent in South Carolina for instance, relates in part to large-scale white abandonment of public schools and desire not to pay for education of black youngsters. It harms whites too, though to a lesser degree, hurting white kids who go to public schools, and costing everyone the benefits that would accrue to all South Carolinians from reaping the benefits of a better-educated citizenry. After all, when we all do better, we all do better.