Conservatism and Racism, and Why in America They Are the Same.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (291 pages)
- SUNY Series in African American Studies .
- SUNY Series in African American Studies .
Intro -- Conservatism and Racism, and Why in America They Are the Same -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: Defining the Terms of Discourse -- 2: Lockean "Liberalism" as the Conservative Ideology in America -- 3: The Special Place of the South in American Conservatism -- 4: The Rise of the Liberal Remnant -- 5: African American Thought and the Conservative Remnant -- 6: Racism and the Conservative Intellectual Movement, 1945-1970 -- 7: Racism and Neoconservatism, 1968-1980 -- 8: The Ascendancy of Ronald Reagan and the Parts Played by Ideology and Race -- 9: The Reagan Presidency and Race -- 10: Conclusion -- Notes -- About the Author -- Index.
Systematically illustrates the inescapable racism of American conservatism.