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Common Ground with Jane Whitney
Democracy In Color
Season 2
Episode 207
Race and identity have always shaped U.S. politics, and reemerged five years ago with new intensity and the unapologetic driver of Donald Trump's unexpected victory. The crowd-pleasing candidate merely marshaled spirits unleashed half a century ago in what was a culmination of the so-called "Southern strategy," the Republicans' to push race and identity to the political forefront.
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