- Southern racist politicians choose to frame their defense of racial segregation through the language of “law and order” because with this language it was easier for them to put the blame on The Civil Right movement to accomplish separation and oppression. The special advantages that these choices of words were going to give them is that they didn’t infringe the law by using racist language, but they were still able to target black citizens. “Law and order” language from politicians promoted voters to reject the Civil Rights movement and vote for politicians who promised to get rid of time.
2. I do deeply believe that the Southern Strategy is still influencing American politics because every candidate still promises the same thing which is that they will work on crime but to them that means incarcerating. Now that a pattern is set for the failure of black people it’s easier for the government to say it’s them. And I say pattern because most minority kids grow up with a family member in jail. This affects how they view the world, it’s normalized when it should be. So now it’s up to the politicians to point a finger at what is going on like during the War on Drugs.
