title: The South Has Risen Again: Thoughts on the Tea Party and the Recent Rise of Right-Wing Racism.
abstract: This paper examines the significance of racism in fueling the recent rise of the Tea Party and related Right-Wing political groups and activity. It briefly explores some of the history of racism in this country that has been directed toward African Americans and how it has influenced political developments from Colonial times to the present. It suggests that this racist resurgence can be seen, in part, as a re-enactment of the trauma of the Civil War by the descendants, and those who identify with them, who were on the losing side of that conflict.
authors: David
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authors: Lotto
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D047831:American Civil War; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D063505:Racism / Q000266:history* / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States