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<p>The battle between multiracial democracy and defensive white supremacy is out in the open much as it was after the Civil War and during the Civil Rights era; it's unclear which side will win, but the lines are drawn. </p>
A Democrat running for a top statewide office gets a big endorsement from a prominent Republican. Could it shake up the midterms in Texas? Other stories we're tracking: what's happening with home prices in Texas? Why price trends are pointing toward a return to a buyers market...with some big caveats. And: A study that could lead to reclaiming toxic wastewater from oil and gas production. Also: Peniel Joseph, author and scholar, on the third Reconstruction. Those stories and more today on the Texas Standard:
Peniel Joseph argues that the third reconstruction started in 2008. In his new book “The Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century” he draws from research and his personal experiences.
“When we think about this period of reconstruction, there are real similarities with the earlier two periods,” University of Texas at Austin Professor Peniel Joseph writes in his new book.
Historian, author and professor Peniel Joseph says the United States is living through the third Reconstruction period in its history. He says each of those periods is characterized by racial progress followed by white backlash.