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Trump’s Strategy: Use ‘Racial Panic’ To Destroy What’s Left of the Safety Net
Lawrence Grandpre, Director of Research at Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, joins the show to discuss how racist attacks on Somali childcare providers in Minnesota were used to justify sweeping cuts to federal childcare funding.
Grandpree explains how these attacks connect to a long history of racial backlash against social programs, arguing that brushing aside race as “identity politics” ignores how racism is used to gut progressive policies.
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