The Southern Strategy transformed American politics by redirecting white backlash into political power. Nixon avoided explicit racism while exploiting cultural resentment. Law and order became the new ...
At the The Root Institute, Rev. William Barber connects Trumpism’s origins to the Southern Strategy and the advocates of state’s rights.
Ever since we elected Obama in 2008, the Republican Party has shown us the sway that Dixiecrats have on their party. Today, the Southern strategy is firmly instated in their stance. Under Trump, the ...