Rachel Maddow explained last night that the right-wing tactic of characterizing black people — like, say, former USDA employee Shirley Sherrod — as being racist against white people is nothing new in this country. In fact, as Maddow documented, “the political strategy of terrifying white people about the threat posed by black people” goes back to the 1960s, with the campaign of Alabama Gov. George Wallace, and the “Southern Strategy” that was a part of Richard Nixon’s presidential campaign.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=123628