Tag: racial politics

18 Apr 2008

Krugman on Obama’s ‘Bitter’ Through the Lens of Bartels

Not a whole lot of new information here, just kind of put together. Also, someone else (Bartels, Krugman has done it before) is pointing out the very obvious point that Republicans win due to the Dixiecrat conversion to Republicans. Yes, that means race is still driving national politics at the margin, by middle and upper [...]

24 Sep 2007

Politics in Black and White By PAUL KRUGMAN

Last Thursday there was a huge march in Jena, La., to protest the harsh and unequal treatment of six black students arrested in the beating of a white classmate. Students who hung nooses to warn blacks not to sit under a “white” tree were suspended for three days; on the other hand, the students accused [...]