From 1870-1900, Mississippi and South Carolina were majority black and many other states (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana) were near-majority.

Majoritarian democracy at that time would& #39;ve meant durable coalitions of black and liberal white reps opposed to Jim Crow https://twitter.com/baseballcrank/status/1381686564531679233">https://twitter.com/baseballc...

A lot of such coalitions got off the ground (like the Readjusters in Virginia and the Fusionists in North Carolina) but they tended to be destroyed by white mob violence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVQomlXMeek">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

In any case, the right way to needle Dems about the limits of majoritarianism is to ask about Roe v. Wade and/or Miranda, this stuff is just nonsense that is embarrassing to see 66 years after The Strange Career of Jim Crow

Me: National Review should maybe apologize for its years of enthusiastic support of Jim Crow

National Review: https://twitter.com/baseballcrank/status/1381715163120873475">https://twitter.com/baseballc...