plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

[hedgehog]

5. Perlstein's thesis is that Nixon exploited reactions from some white people

to the riots in order to gain the Presidency - what others have called the Southern Strategy. (even though many white Nixon voters came from the North).

I'm reading this trying to figure out where all the white anger was coming from, and wondering if blue collar and low level white collar workers were starting to see their wages get frozen. It may have been masked by the inflation of the late 70's, but people can see what their paycheck bought last year vs what it buys this year. Manufacturing jobs started disappearing by 1970 as well.