Scott Althaus @salthaus.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Eighth, the only explicitly racialized Jim Crow element was the white primary, which held that political parties were private organizations, and so private organizations could decide how they wanted to select their party nominee. 8/ 160 0
Scott Althaus @salthaus.bsky.social · 14/05/2026.... If only white people were allowed to participate in a Democratic primary, then that was held at the time to be the party’s decision to make. Thankfully this is no longer the case. So what does V.O. Key’s Southern Politics have to say to us today? Here are a few takeaways. 9/ 271 0
Scott Althaus @salthaus.bsky.social · 14/05/2026First, laws intended to be discriminatory in their effects often don’t look discriminatory in their texts. It is how these laws are used, not what they say, that provides the racially discriminatory outcomes that the Jim Crow era was known for. 10/ 264 0
Omaha Sternberg @omahas.bsky.social · 14/05/2026I disagree with this part. A party IS a private organization. Nothing prevents any race, gender, etc from gathering together to create their own party (especially now with the speed of the Internet). That is the power of the 1st amendment. 100 0
