Reagan is certainly worthy of blame for our current politics and division. He rehashed the racism of the past and rode a wave of backlash against the progress made by the Civil Rights movement. His advisor, Lee atwater, admitted this and was recorded explaining the evolved or updated 'southern strategy ' (strategy by republican party can…
Reagan is certainly worthy of blame for our current politics and division. He rehashed the racism of the past and rode a wave of backlash against the progress made by the Civil Rights movement. His advisor, Lee atwater, admitted this and was recorded explaining the evolved or updated 'southern strategy ' (strategy by republican party candidates of gaining political support by appealing to racism against black ppl.) https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/exclusive-lee-atwaters-infamous-1981-interview-southern-strategy/
I couldn't view the article because I won't disable my ad blocker, but I trust The Nation. There's a movie about Lee Atwater called "The Boogie Man." It's available on Prime video. I hope you get to see it.
I will watch it, thanks! The Nation actually has the audio, but here is what he said- You start out in 1954 by saying, “Nigger, nigger, nigger.” By 1968 you can’t say “nigger”—that hurts you, backfires. So you say stuff like, uh, forced busing, states’ rights, and all that stuff, and you’re getting so abstract. Now, you’re talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you’re talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is, blacks get hurt worse than whites.… “We want to cut this,” is much more abstract than even the busing thing, uh, and a hell of a lot more abstract than “Nigger, nigger.” this is insightful in another way- it as an indirect admissions that slavery, Jim Crow and racism have given a significant head start to whites and that the Racial wealth gap is not a result of black ppl being inferior, nor a result of an unwillingness, nor inability to 'pull themselves up by their own bootstraps'.
Wow! Dead right! That word “ abstract”- excellent! And these bigoted self righteous a$$h%#|!s hide their prejudice behind the “fairness “ indoctrination.
Reagan is certainly worthy of blame for our current politics and division. He rehashed the racism of the past and rode a wave of backlash against the progress made by the Civil Rights movement. His advisor, Lee atwater, admitted this and was recorded explaining the evolved or updated 'southern strategy ' (strategy by republican party candidates of gaining political support by appealing to racism against black ppl.) https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/exclusive-lee-atwaters-infamous-1981-interview-southern-strategy/
I couldn't view the article because I won't disable my ad blocker, but I trust The Nation. There's a movie about Lee Atwater called "The Boogie Man." It's available on Prime video. I hope you get to see it.
I will watch it, thanks! The Nation actually has the audio, but here is what he said- You start out in 1954 by saying, “Nigger, nigger, nigger.” By 1968 you can’t say “nigger”—that hurts you, backfires. So you say stuff like, uh, forced busing, states’ rights, and all that stuff, and you’re getting so abstract. Now, you’re talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you’re talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is, blacks get hurt worse than whites.… “We want to cut this,” is much more abstract than even the busing thing, uh, and a hell of a lot more abstract than “Nigger, nigger.” this is insightful in another way- it as an indirect admissions that slavery, Jim Crow and racism have given a significant head start to whites and that the Racial wealth gap is not a result of black ppl being inferior, nor a result of an unwillingness, nor inability to 'pull themselves up by their own bootstraps'.
How the truth stands out when you see it! Not everyone does. Thank you.
Wow! Dead right! That word “ abstract”- excellent! And these bigoted self righteous a$$h%#|!s hide their prejudice behind the “fairness “ indoctrination.