The politics of race are shifting, and politicians are struggling to keep pace
The politics of race are shifting, and politicians are struggling to keep pace
- July 5, 2020
- Michael Tesler and Claire Jean Kim, poli sci, The Washington Post, July 5, 2020
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“A lot of people didn’t know or couldn’t place the Democrats to the left of the Republicans on racial issues or immigration issues — until Obama,” said Michael Tesler, a political science professor at the University of California, Irvine. … Claire Jean Kim, a political science professor at the University of California, Irvine, defines the condition as one of structural antiblackness rather than structural racism, a distinction that puts a particular spotlight on the long struggle among black Americans in particular.
For the full story, please visit https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/race-reckoning/.
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