The racist panic over Ruby Bridges is not just history – it’s our political present
The racist panic over Ruby Bridges is not just history – it’s our political present
- February 17, 2017
- Michael Tesler, poli sci, via Vox, Feb. 17, 2017
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Michael Tesler, a professor at the University of California Irvine, took a look at
racial resentment scores among Republican primary voters in the past three GOP primaries.
In 2008 and 2012, Tesler found, Republican voters who scored higher were less likely
to vote for the eventual winner. The more racial bias you harbored, the less likely
you were to vote for Mitt Romney or John McCain.
For the full story, please visit http://www.vox.com/identities/2017/2/17/14631842/devos-ruby-bridges-political-cartoon-trump-education-segregation-racism-politics.
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