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[โ€“] TrojanHam@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Has become," cute. I think a reasonable argument can be made they became one post-New Deal and definitely after LBJ's legislation and the greater Civil Rights movement. They certainly were one by the time Barry Goldwater and Nixon's southern strategy.

[โ€“] probableigh@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Yep - happened as soon as racism became a policy cornerstone and the rest of the part just shrugged and got in line.