TO BE FAIR, DEMOCRATS HAVE TRADITIONALLY FAVORED A “RACIAL REPUBLIC.” Joel Kotkin: Democrats, Reparations, and the Racial Republic.

The racial Republic is losing ground with the masses of Americans. Today roughly 86 percent, according to one recent survey, of adult Americans do not believe European roots are necessary to be “truly American.” Two in three said they felt optimistic about breaching racial divides.

One used to hear the harshest racial rhetoric from society’s bottom rungs. Now one hears it from academic and political elites.