> literally said that the key to republicans winning in the south was couching racism in more palatable euphemisms Where did he literally say that? I read it a

> literally said that the key to republicans winning in the south was couching racism in more palatable euphemisms Where did he literally say that? I read it as part of an argument that political racism was going to fade away as the ties between policy positions and race became more and more diffuse or abstract. Notably, the following portion was omitted from the pull quote on that The Nation page: > But I'm saying that if it is getting that abstract, and that coded, that we are doing away with the racial problem one way or the other.