The Root; Published By: Wayne Washington
It must be election season.
That’s the time when Black Americans – often joined by some other unfortunate group (Hispanics, immigrants, gay people, trans people) – are made into the boogeyman, threatening white Americans with unimaginable horrors like diversity, inclusion, equity, or, worse, AP African American studies.
Beating up on Black people to rile up white voters is a tried and true practice in American politics because it…works.
White voters make up the lion’s share of voters in this country, and that’s especially so in the Republican Party. The foundational elements of the modern Republican Party are opposition to desegregation and civil rights.
How Republican Party went from opposing Slavery to supporting Segregation
Yes, the Republican Party started as one that grudgingly and then robustly advanced slavery’s abolition. But, by the 1940s, its power had shriveled. Read more
