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Memorializing Fulbright - Arkansas Times
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Memorializing Fulbright - Arkansas Times
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Published January 12. 2021 5:23PM
The events of the last several days make it quite clear that we take democracy for granted at our peril.
As I watched the violence and insurrection at the U.S. Capitol January 6, I couldn’t help but remember that what happened at the Capitol has been a long time coming.
In 1958, George C. Wallace after losing the nomination for governor of Alabama, said that he would “never be out-niggered again.” In his inaugural address as governor of Alabama on January 14, 1963 he said, “Segregation now! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever!”
How is this relevant to the events of January 6? It was a hallmark event in the beginning of what has become known as the Republican Southern Strategy, the strategy used for over 50 years to wrest political control of the South away from Democrats. Further, by playing on fear, anger and racism, the strategy has worked for the Republican Party not only in the South, but around rural and suburban America.
As returns for Georgia’s Senate runoff came in on Tuesday night, it was clear what was happening. After considerable back-and-forth in November and December about just how much President-elect Joe Biden owed his electoral victory in the state to white suburban voters, control of the Senate was being unequivocally driven by Black turnout. The Democratic candidates, Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, were outperforming Biden. And, once again, voters of color were in the process of flipping a red state.
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Much of the public praise has been delivered to Stacey Abrams, who has done groundbreaking work mobilizing voters via the New Georgia Project. But singling out one name misses the comprehensiveness of the effort and goes against Abrams own ethos when speaking of the initiatives. In a state where political power has been rooted in systematic voter suppression, only systematic voter activation could reverse two Senate seats and hand control of the entire nation’s legislat