Yeah, what I'm saying is that the whole book of settlers essentially argues that being white in America precludes one from being part of the proletariat, due to the relationship to capital that white colonials and settlers had. They had land ownership or even the promise of land ownership, and while they were not true capitalists, their relationship to capital was closer to the real capitalists than it was to the non-white underclasses.

Take a look at the book, it's a pretty good read. Again, I don't know if I agree with it, but it has some valid arguments.