Race to the Bottom: How Racial Appeals Work in American Politics
LaFleur Stephens-Dougan, "Race to the Bottom: How Racial Appeals Work in American Politics "
English | ISBN: 022669884X | 2020 | 200 pages | EPUB | 658 KB
English | ISBN: 022669884X | 2020 | 200 pages | EPUB | 658 KB
African American voters are a key demographic to the modern Democratic base, and conventional wisdom has it that there is political cost to racialized “dog whistles,” especially for Democratic candidates. However, politicians from both parties and from all racial backgrounds continually appeal to negative racial attitudes for political gain.
Challenging what we think we know about race and politics, LaFleur Stephens-Dougan argues that candidates across the racial and political spectrum engage in “racial distancing,” or using negative racial appeals to communicate to racially moderate and conservative whites—the overwhelming majority of whites—that they will not disrupt the racial status quo.
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