Controversy rages after Republican Congressman preaches white supremacy live on national television. U.S. Representative Steve King (R-IA) ignited a firestorm when he declared that white people had contributed more to civilization than any other sub-group of people. The Tea Party Congressman made the remarks during a roundtable discussion hosted by MSNBC’s Chris Hayes. The panel […]
Donald Trump says the U.S. should “start thinking about” using “racial profiling.” Not satisfied with the controversy surrounding his proposed wall with Mexico and ban on Muslim immigration, Donald Trump is now giving the thumbs up to racial profiling. Speaking by telephone with CBS’ Face the Nation, the presumptive Republican nominee said that he supported […]
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 […]
The GOP has had a strategy in place for decades for winning the racist vote without appearing to be racist. In 1981, the legendarily brutal campaign consultant Lee Atwater, after a decade as South Carolina’s most effective Republican operative, was working in Ronald Reagan‘s White House when he was interviewed by Alexander Lamis, a political […]
Ted Nugent May The The Only Person Who Can Save The GOP From Donald Trump Donald Trump’s campaign has been steeped in racism from the very beginning and has become synonymous with the very worst of bigotry that continues the plague the country in the early years of the twenty-first century. His campaign rallies have […]