POL SCI 61A Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Southern Strategy, Gentrification, Code Switch
27 Jun 2017
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Reduction in racial disparities in arrests and sentencing. Rise in number racial/ethnic minorities elected to office consistent with proportion of the electorate. Achieving equity in spending per pupil across primarily white and primarily minority schools. In black power (1967), ture and hamilton also lay out 3 myths that doom interracial coalitions. What"s good for (white) america is good for blacks. Politically and economically secure can ally with the politically and economically insecure. Moral principle (rather than self-interest) can form the basis of coalition. Same forces that shape the racial order shape the relationships between minority groups. Models and precedents for effective electoral and non-electoral interracial coalitions exist through resurgent politics. The way we view other groups and how they can be primed by racial cues and actions. Strengths and weaknesses, normally political action isn"t rational bc there are more costs than benefits.
