IT SEEMS SELF-EVIDENT THAT MINORITIES WOULD GENERALLY VOTE FOR THE PARTY THAT GOES OUT OF ITS WAY TO CONSIDER — AND PROTECT — THE RIGHTS OF MINORITIES. IN A PERIOD OF “EXISTENTIAL” POLITICS, THAT’S NATURALLY WHAT TAKES PRECEDENCE OVER OTHER CONCERNS. WHY WOULD WHITES, OR AT LEAST A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THEM, ACT ANY DIFFERENTLY?