Deracialization in Black Politics

applied to American electoral politics, refers to the conduction of a political campaign by a black candidate in which racial issues and themes are minimized, if not avoided completely (Perry 1).

This is done to increase white electoral support, and the candidate is usually running for a position in a

district that has a white majority. Although deracialization has existed in the black political scene for a longer time,

this concept was particularly important to the 1989

elections in which nine African-American candidates were

elected or reelected to public office (Perry 1).

This election was not only important before of the

number of African-Americans who were elected, but also

because many of these positions represented the first time

that an African-American had been elected to that particular

position. Four of these nine successful candidates conducted

Barone also points out that 1994 was an excellent

election year for black candidates. New African-American

David Dinkins in New York, Mayor Norman Rice in Seattle, and

incorporation into the mainstream of American politics"

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