Jamil S. Scott

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    How social media increases the reach of Trump’s racially coded attacks to activate racial prejudice

How social media increases the reach of Trump’s racially coded attacks to activate racial prejudice

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Earlier this month, President Trump tweeted that Democratic House Member Ilhan Omar – along with three other Democratic women of color – should “go back to where you came from”. Jamil Scott argues that Trump’s racially coded language has activated racial prejudice among his followers without even explicitly mentioning race. Social media, she writes, is now another avenue for […]

Why the racialization of American politics is here to stay

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Since the election of Barack Obama and continuing with the rise of Donald trump in 2016, American politics has become more and more racialized. While levels of racial resentment have remained largely unchanged since the 1980s, Adam Enders and Jamil Scott find new evidence that it has become increasingly correlated with political issues such as vote choice, partisanship […]

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