Episode
59
Race and Reaction
November 22, 2016
Professor Chris S. Parker details why given America’s racial history, the election of Donald Trump is not a surprise. Reactionary parties have always appealed to voters beyond the rural, working class, and Trump supporters are no exception.
For more on this topic
- Check out his two-page brief, The Tea Party and the Revival of Paranoia in U.S. Politics.
- Read his recent piece in The Conversation, "The Real Reason Trump Won: White Fright."
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