Brown Is The New White

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When it first appeared in the lead-up to the 2016 election, Brown Is the New White helped spark a national discussion of race and electoral politics and the often-misdirected spending priorities of the Democratic party. Completely revised and updated to address the aftermath of the 2016 election, this edition doubles down on its original insights. Attacking the "myth of the white swing voter" head-on, Steve Phillips closely examines 2016 election results against a long backdrop of shifts in the electoral map over the past generation, arguing that, now more than ever, hope for a more progressive political future lies not with increased advertising to middle-of-the-road white voters, but with cultivating America's growing, diverse majority