Is It Racist to Seek White Votes?
Category: POLITICS
Is there something wrong with urging Democrats to pursue white voters? There's no difference between this and the GOP's strategizing to win more Latino voters. The danger with urging greater Democratic efforts to enlist white voters is that it comes in a context in which that party already has a long history of seeking white support.
By Ian Haney López, ContributorUC Berkeley law professor; Senior Fellow, Demos; Author of 'Do..., 2014-09-13