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Why we're polarized (Ezra Klein)

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The Democratic Party Is the Foundationally Racest Party in American Politics

When you know something is on the line, the parties will transform in order to pull people over. Black voters do not begin moving to the democratic party during the civil rights period. That is what starts it. And it doesn't start it because the democratic party became dramatically less race sist. It begins to create a coalitional shift. Now the party that believes n more redistribution is also theParty that believes in more racial equality. The party that believes in less redistribution and less of the government is also the party that doesn't want the government coming in and telling you who's allowed to discriminate against black people.

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