White Backlash to Electing Black Politicians – Then & Now

Connie — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 20:01:23 +0000

This blog entry from CNN discusses how the first Black man to be elected to the U.S. Senate was met with a white backlash that “helped destroy Reconstruction” after the Civil War. It draws parallels between the white backlash then and the white backlash to electing Obama in 2008. What are your thoughts? Is is a reasonable comparison to make? The post quotes a history professor from Fordham who says we aren’t post-racial but we ...

first Black Senator – Contemporary Racism

White Backlash to Electing Black Politicians – Then & Now