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“We have greater political and social conflict because we must add unfamiliarity with fellow citizens of different racial backgrounds to the challenges we confront in resolving legitimate disagreements about public issues. Racial polarization stemming from our separateness has corrupted our politics, permitting leaders who ignore the interests of white working-class voters to mobilize them with racial appeals.”

Politics Segregation Race Relations Zoning Dog Whistle Politics De Jure Segregation Racial Polarization

Book:The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

Source: The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

“Even as it’s become riskier for mainstream politicians to use negative dog whistles like “thug” or “welfare queen,” the word “Christian” remains the right’s most effective signal to white conservatives that “our values,” “our heritage,” “our way of life,” and “our influence” are under attack, and “we” must respond. Christianity and American-ness are both raced.”

Christian Nationalism Dog Whistle Politics

Book:The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy

Source: The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy