Proof that Republicans Know Exactly How Racist They Are

The New Abnormal

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🗓️ 1 January 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

There are so many examples of revisionist history happening these days, particularly among conservatives, that historian and University of Princeton professor Kevin M. Kruse joins this episode of The New Abnormal politics podcast to set the record straight. He tells co-host Andy Levy about his book Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past, which is a complication of historians crushing those myths, and shares proof that contrary to Republicans’ denials, the party actively engages in the racist “Southern Strategy.” Plus, Nixon’s role in it all. Also in this episode: TNA co-host Danielle Moodie interviews Jim Freeman, a civil rights lawyer and author of the book, Rich Thanks to Racism: How the Ultra-Wealthy Profit from Racial Injustice, to talk about the Defund the Police movement and the role police unions are playing in stopping it from happening.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Andy Levy, former Fox News and CNN HLN Guy and current cable news conscientious
0:05.4	objector.
0:06.4	I'm a former libertarian who now sits pretty comfortably on the left.
0:09.4	Hi, I'm Danielle Moody, former educator and recovering lobbyist, but today I'm an
0:14.4	unapologetic woke commentator on America's threats to democracy.
0:18.6	And I produce her Jesse Cannon and I'm here to make sure things don't go too far off
0:22.0	the rails.
0:23.0	We're here to have fun, smart conversations with some of the most knowledgeable and entertaining
0:27.2	people in politics, media and beyond.
0:29.9	Our goal is to try and make sense of our current crazy world, our new abnormal, and hopefully
0:35.3	even make you laugh through the tears.
0:37.4	We're still off for the holidays, but that doesn't mean we didn't take you a fantastic
0:41.1	show beforehand.
0:42.1	We're joined by Jim Freeman, who's a civil rights lawyer and author of Rich Thanks to
0:46.1	Racism, the ultra wealthy prophet from racial injustice.
0:49.7	But first we're going to talk to a historian Kevin Cruz, and he's going to tell us all
0:52.8	about his new book, Myth America.
0:55.4	Historians take on the biggest legends and lies about our past.
0:58.3	Our next guest is an eminent historian and professor of history at Princeton University,
1:02.6	and the author of books including One Nation Under God, How Corporate America Invented
1:06.3	Christian America, and White Flight, Atlanta, and the Making of Modern Conservatism.
1:11.9	His latest book of which he is co-editor is out January 3rd, and it's called Myth America.
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