Only two brief U.S. periods allowed open democratic mobilization for people of color
Evidence
Only under some circumstances has open and “free” political mobilization for democratic reform been possible for people of color: The two great moments of this mainstream political upsurge were, of course, the Reconstruction period (1865-1877) and the post- World War II civil rights period (1948-1970). At other times democratic political action had to take shape quite autonomously, beneath the radar of the state (and often beneath the social scientific radar as well). This suggests the subaltern character of racial democracy. — Michael Omi, Howard Winant, Racial Formation in the United States, 142
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
- SEED: Angle: mainstream U.S. historiography of race is skewed because the most consequential racial politics happened beneath the state’s radar.
Related
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