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Evidence

A new voice is being heard in America,” Nixon proclaimed. “It’s the forgotten Americans, … people who pay their taxes and go to work and support their churches, white people and black people, people [who] are not rioters. … The Republican did not address civil rights until directly questioned during a local television interview, and then, he attempted to stake out a position midway between George Wallace and Hubert Humphrey by expressing support for the Brown decision, endorsing “freedom-of-choice” desegregation plans, and criticizing “busing for racial balance.” — Matthew D. Lassiter, The Suburban Origins of “Color-Blind”…, 18

Categorization

  • XREF: Connects to the ‘forgotten Americans’ / silent majority frame and how coded racial rhetoric was rebranded as class grievance.