Comments on: SOUTHERN STRATEGY REDUX http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/southern_strategy_redux/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:13:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Ampersand http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/southern_strategy_redux/comment-page-1/#comment-1087 Ampersand Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=1640#comment-1087 As far as I can tell, MLK jr was a supporter of affirmative action programs - although of course the label "affirmative action" didn't exist while he lived. Nonetheless, he proposed programs that would nowadays be called AA - and very strong forms of AA, in fact. He also favored AA to help poor folks, as well as AA to help people of color; but that's not unlike many of today's democrats, either. Finally, MLK was a strong critic of capitalism, and favored programs to redistribute wealth. Neither the dems or the republicans are in line with MLK's thinking, but the dems are certainly closer. And of course, I disagree with you that "support for aa is much more racist than opposition to it," but that's probably another whole discussion. As far as I can tell, MLK jr was a supporter of affirmative action programs - although of course the label "affirmative action" didn't exist while he lived. Nonetheless, he proposed programs that would nowadays be called AA - and very strong forms of AA, in fact.

He also favored AA to help poor folks, as well as AA to help people of color; but that's not unlike many of today's democrats, either.

Finally, MLK was a strong critic of capitalism, and favored programs to redistribute wealth. Neither the dems or the republicans are in line with MLK's thinking, but the dems are certainly closer.

And of course, I disagree with you that "support for aa is much more racist than opposition to it," but that's probably another whole discussion.

]]> By: Brett http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/southern_strategy_redux/comment-page-1/#comment-1088 Brett Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=1640#comment-1088 That'll teach me to heed my own advice about pronoun antecedents. . .and to attempt to write clearer. Sorry, Jim. We differ on AA; my position is closer to Ampersand's. Whatever else you can say about the "colorblind constitution," it's pretty hard to justify that interpretation of 14th A using typical "original intent" approaches. Exaggerating slightly, perhaps, there was no colorblind constitution until affirmative action opponents found one, with vigor, in the 1980s. That'll teach me to heed my own advice about pronoun antecedents. . .and to attempt to write clearer. Sorry, Jim.

We differ on AA; my position is closer to Ampersand's. Whatever else you can say about the "colorblind constitution," it's pretty hard to justify that interpretation of 14th A using typical "original intent" approaches. Exaggerating slightly, perhaps, there was no colorblind constitution until affirmative action opponents found one, with vigor, in the 1980s.

]]> By: PoliBlog http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/southern_strategy_redux/comment-page-1/#comment-1089 PoliBlog Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=1640#comment-1089 <strong>Southern Strategery</strong> A statement that I made earlier today concerning partisan re-alignment in the southern states has sparked a mini-debate amongst three polsci bloggers—myself, James Joyner of OTB (here and here) and Brett Marston of Marstonalia. My main point of content... Southern Strategery
A statement that I made earlier today concerning partisan re-alignment in the southern states has sparked a mini-debate amongst three polsci bloggers—myself, James Joyner of OTB (here and here) and Brett Marston of Marstonalia. My main point of content...

]]> By: PoliBlog http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/southern_strategy_redux/comment-page-1/#comment-1090 PoliBlog Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=1640#comment-1090 <strong>Back to the "Southern Strategy"</strong> I was watching Hardball this evening and during a roundtable segment towards the end of the program Chris Matthews, Nora O’Donnell, and David Gergen were discussing Senator Robert Byrd’s latest tirade from the Senate floor concerning the President’s Ir... --- Back to the "Southern Strategy"
I was watching Hardball this evening and during a roundtable segment towards the end of the program Chris Matthews, Nora O’Donnell, and David Gergen were discussing Senator Robert Byrd’s latest tirade from the Senate floor concerning the President’s Ir...

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