The Austerity Politics of White Supremacy
The Austerity Politics of White Supremacy Since the end of the Confederacy, the cult of the âtaxpayerâ has provided a socially acceptable veneer for racist attacks on democracy. A composite photograph of South Carolina's majority-black legislature created and circulated by opponents of Reconstruction (Library of Congress) From the Southern strategy of the 1960s to Donald Trumpâs refusal to concede the presidential election, it is easy to trace the Republican Partyâs decades-long descent into racial authoritarianism. Despite the preside...
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