Angels in America Lesson Plan

What is Louis positing about the nature of democracy in America? What does he say that is offensive to Belize? What is the subtext in this scene between them and how does it motivate the characters to act?

Louis says that the nature of democracy is that it pushes power down to the people, but that the Republicans are trying to retain power in the hands of the elite as the founders had originally designed. He says that politics matters much more than race, which Belize finds offensive because Louis does not know what challenges Belize faces as a gay, black man. Louis then calls Belize an anti-Semite, which Belize finds even more offensive. Over these specific offensive...