The mastermind behind the GOP's "southern strategy" died this week,
and it caused barely a ripple. But in many ways, that way of doing
racial dog-whistle politics shapes the world we live in today. 1/
In the 1960s, Kevin Phillips advised the GOP to exploit white racial
anxiety, linking it to crime and voting. I asked historians/thinkers
to assess his legacy. The answers were remarkable.
https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1712434325378003046
Kevin Price Phillips (November 30, 1940 - October 9, 2023) was an
American writer and commentator on politics, economics, and history. <
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Phillips_(political_commentator)>
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