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kpete

(71,996 posts) Wed Jul 1, 2015, 04:55 PM Jul 2015

rinse, repeat.....Racism as Strategy..... [View all]

Nixon's Southern Strategy to win the KKK's descendants to the GOP's cause.

You start out in 1954 by saying, "n*gg*r, n*gg*r, n*gg*r, " By 1968 you can't say "n*gg*r" — that hurts you. Backfires. So you say stuff like forced busing, states' rights and all that stuff. You're getting so abstract now (that) you're talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you're talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is (that) blacks get hurt worse than whites. And subconsciously maybe that is part of it. I'm not saying that. But I'm saying that if it is getting that abstract, and that coded, that we are doing away with the racial problem one way or the other. You follow me — because obviously sitting around saying, "We want to cut this," is much more abstract than even the busing thing, and a hell of a lot more abstract than "n*gg*r, n*gg*r."

- Lee Atwater
http://www.thenation.com/article/170841/exclusive-lee-atwaters-infamous-1981-interview-southern-strategy#

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rinse, repeat.....Racism as Strategy..... [View all] kpete Jul 2015 OP

Well, I hope this isn't news to that many people. ananda Jul 2015 #1

Never hurts to be reminded. Solly Mack Jul 2015 #2

Funny how Atwater comes up again BainsBane Jul 2015 #3

Only twice?? boston bean Jul 2015 #4

So far, though I can't claim to read everything BainsBane Jul 2015 #5

LOL boston bean Jul 2015 #6

So Atwater is basically saying ismnotwasm Jul 2015 #7

Or is it that BainsBane Jul 2015 #8

I have seen it called race baiting, hmmmm sheshe2 Jul 2015 #19

I was calm and fair. Iliyah Jul 2015 #26

I saw that. BainsBane Jul 2015 #27

I saw that too. :( Starry Messenger Jul 2015 #30

Yes, Lee Atwater was an ugly racist.. Thanks for pointing it out, kpete.. Because there was a Cha Jul 2015 #9

What is the point of this OP- to warn us not to discuss race? bettyellen Jul 2015 #10

It would be nice if the OP would tell us the point. BainsBane Jul 2015 #11

just kpete Jul 2015 #18

Pieces of the puzzle? BainsBane Jul 2015 #20

i have no idea what you are talking about kpete Jul 2015 #21

How did you suddenly happen to think of Lee Atwater? BainsBane Jul 2015 #22

same as i often think of kpete Jul 2015 #24

Aloha bettyellen.. I would not think that of kpete.. that would awful. Cha Jul 2015 #12

I didn't even read who wrote the OP - but it's leaving me confused! bettyellen Jul 2015 #15

I know.. I wish she would clarify.. because of all the disingenuous atwater crap going on Yesterday. Cha Jul 2015 #16

Cha kpete Jul 2015 #23

I thought that might be it, kpete! No, please don't self delete.. it is a reminder what an ugly Cha Jul 2015 #25

Exclusive: Lee Atwater’s Infamous 1981 Interview on the Southern Strategy napkinz Jul 2015 #13

Yes, he was "Despicable", napkinz.. Cha Jul 2015 #14

Gotta keep the racists voting R. GeorgeGist Jul 2015 #17

I hope this at last puts a fork in the "Social is separate" crowd daredtowork Jul 2015 #28

Demographics have defeated the Southern Strategy, thank God! DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #29