1. Why do think Southern racist politicians chose to frame their defense of racial segregation through the language of “law and order”? What special advantages was this choice of words going to give them?
Southern racist politicians chose to frame their defense of racial segregation through the language of “law and order”, because they can make their discrinmination to seem more reasonable legitimate, more over, to control people’s thoughts.
2. Do you think the Southern Strategy is still influencing American politics? Give an example supporting your answer.
I think Southern Strategy is still influencing American politics, for example, Donald Trump. I don’t know much about him, all I know is that he’s a racist and has lots of White votes for him. As long as humans exist, so do conflicts, those thoughts just learn to hide in the people’s minds, discrimination and stereotypes would never actually go away.
Using Trump as an example is great. Isn’t it fascinating how a man who clearly has racist views on black people ended up becoming America’s president? About 55% of white women voted for Trump, knowing very well his view on black people. Also, on several occasions on national tv, he refused to acknowledge the wrongdoings of the racist left.