Reagan Used Racial Tensions To Raise taxes

Ronald Reagan’s Racially Motivated Speeches And Tax Cuts (Video)

Ronald Reagan’s Racially Motivated Speeches And Tax Cuts (Video)

This video clip  recalls how Ronald Reagan – “the great communicator” – used racial tensions. In this interview with Bill Moyers, Ian Haney López discusses how Ronald Reagan used “racial tensions to sway middle-class white Americans to vote for policies not in their self-interest.” As reported by Moyers & Co., “In Dog Whistle Politics, author […]