Reagan’s colorblind frame persisted through the Clinton years across both parties.

Evidence

Reagan’s and neoconservative approaches to race set the terms for how the country addressed the issues of racial inequality in the subsequent decades. The election of Bill Clinton did little to change matters. In other words, this is not just a Republican story. By the 1990s, individual responsibility and interracial understanding (or the need for racial healing) trumped substantive engagement with persistent racial inequality. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 305

Categorization

• XREF: Directly feeds the reader’s question of why Democratic electoral loyalty fails black interests.