But the most dramatic racial politics have come in the South.
It also may speak to the state of racial politics in Louisiana.
But racial politics also play out in small, less ominous ways.
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In campaign ads, he says the city must move beyond "racial politics and name calling."
"Racial politics right now is a 30-day wonder," he said.
Undoubtedly, the racial politics of the mid-19th century is responsible for this debate.
Suddenly, they found themselves face to face with American racial politics.
If so, it will not be the first time Handel has been a party to this country's racial politics.
To some, that may seem like a soft-headed view of racial politics.