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Eric Rauchway @rauchway.bsky.social · 2 days
Why was the 1960 election close? It's sure helps to consider the possibility that "it's racism"
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Why did Dewey nearly defeat Truman in 1948? It's a puzzle, unless you consider the possibility that "it's racism."
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Dan Nexon @dhnexon.bsky.social · 2 days
Apropos, my father wrote his dissertation on this 👇. Pretty sure the answer was “racism.”
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Eric Rauchway @rauchway.bsky.social · 2 days
COULD BE
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Keith Ammann @themonstersknow.com · 2 days
I would not mind seeing this electoral map this year at all. Given everything we know about Trump, it SHOULD be an attainable goal, and any Democratic strategist aiming any lower should be fired.
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Sara Manns @whatsarasaid.bsky.social · 2 days
as a student of immigration patterns before 1924, this one may be amended to "it's [anti-Black] racism, which Catholics practice just like every other hyphen-American but will overcome for a candidate who's one of their own"