Welcome back, dear listeners! To finish out our Black History Month mission of calling out racist shenanigans, Ginger talks about the Southern Strategy, which is why Republicans get to say they’re “the party of Lincoln” while still using the phrase “the War of Northern Aggression.”
Ah, the proud American tradition of ignoring all historical context. Lots of names are dropped (Goldwater, Nixon, Reagan, Schlafly) and lots of dogwhistles are… whistled. Join us on this incredible journey, now with more Beans!
Citations
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Taylor
- http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/history/2013/12/linda_taylor_welfare_queen_ronald_reagan_made_her_a_notorious_american_villain.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Horton
- http://archive.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/07/15/gop_ignored_black_vote_chairman_says/
- https://books.google.com/books?id=KNNjghuC46YC&pg=PA52#v=onepage&q&f=false
- https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-long-southern-strategy-9780190265960?cc=us&lang=en&The%20Long%20Southern%20Strategy#
- http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/books/phillips-southern.pdf
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/07/26/what-we-get-wrong-about-southern-strategy/
- https://newrepublic.com/article/130039/southern-strategy-made-donald-trump-possible
- http://www.southerncultures.org/article/southern-strategy-from-nixon-to-trump/
- https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/10/candace-owens/candace-owens-pants-fire-statement-southern-strate/
- https://www.timeshighereducation.com/books/long-southern-strategy-how-chasing-white-voters-south-changed-american-politics-angie-maxwell#survey-answer
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