As Avidit Acharya, Matthew Blackwell, and Maya Sen powerfully argue in their recent book Deep Roots: How Slavery Still Shapes Southern Politics, it is the legacy of slavery and post-Civil War segregation that gave rise to the South’s current political culture. “It is within formerly high-slave areas,” they show, “that whites are the most likely to oppose the Democratic Party, oppose affirmative action, and express sentiments that could be construed as racially resentful.”
Comme l’expliquent brillamment Avidit Acharya, Matthew Blackwell et Maya Sen dans leur récent ouvrage intitulé Deep Roots: How Slavery Still Shapes Southern Politics, c’est bien l’héritage de l’esclavage et de la ségrégation post-guerre de Sécession qui a façonné la culture politique actuelle des États du sud.