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Trump v Nixon on Race: Why 2020 Isn't Quite 1968

Trump v Nixon on Race: Why 2020 Isn't Quite 1968

It's Been a Minute vor 6 Jahren

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2020 is '68 all over again. But not the '68 you think. Yes, 1968
also saw protests, racial divisions and political polarization.
Adam Serwer covers politics for The Atlantic, and he says you can
certainly draw comparisons between Trump and Nixon – in that Trump
is actually a backlash to the policies that came out of 1968. But
Serwer says 1868 is a better point of comparison – it was a moment
of hope, when white Republicans had been fighting for black rights
for years, before ultimately abandoning them to pursue white
voters. Serwer sees Americans coming together in this moment, as
they have in the past, but as a student of history, he says the
backlash always comes eventually.

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