Conservatism and racism, and why in America they are the same / Robert C. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1947-2023.

Series:

SUNY series in African American studies.

SUNY series in African American studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Racism--United States.

Racism.

Conservatism--United States.

Conservatism.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this provocative, wide-ranging study, Robert C. Smith contends that ideological conservatism and racism are and always have been equivalent in the United States. In this carefully constructed and thoroughly documented philosophical, historical, and empirical inquiry, Smith analyzes conservative ideas from John Locke to William F. Buckley, Jr., as well as the parallels between the rise and decline of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1970s and the ascendancy of the conservative movement to national power in 1980. Using archival material from the Reagan library, the book includes detailed analysis of the Reagan presidency and race, focusing on affirmative action, the Voting Rights act, the Grove City case, welfare reform, South Africa policy, and the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Conservatism and Racism, and Why in America They are the Same goes beyond a focus on the right wing, concluding with an analysis of the enduring impact of the conservative movement and the Reagan presidency on liberalism, race, and the Democratic Party.

Contents:

Introduction

Defining the terms of discourse

Lockean "liberalism" as the conservative ideology in America

The special place of the South in American conservatism

The rise of the liberal remnant

African American thought and the conservative remnant

Racism and the conservative intellectual movement, 1945-1970

Racism and neoconservatism, 1968-1980

The ascendancy of Ronald Reagan and the parts played by ideology and race

The Reagan presidency and race

Conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438432342

1438432348

9781441674111

144167411X

OCLC:

670430015