{"id":108990,"date":"2023-02-22T02:50:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T02:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yellowdogwire.com\/?p=108990"},"modified":"2023-02-22T02:50:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T02:50:25","slug":"south-carolinas-democratic-primary-is-400-years-in-the-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yellowdogwire.com\/?p=108990","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;South Carolina\u2019s Democratic Primary Is 400 Years in the Making&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/south-carolinas-democratic-primary-is-400-years-in-the-making\" target=\"_blank\">The Daily Beast<\/a>: &#8220;The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/democratic-national-committee-votes-to-change-presidential-primary-starting-state-from-iowa-to-south-carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratic National Committee\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0decision to move South Carolina to the front of the presidential primary line\u2014displacing both\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/the-dirty-little-secret-behind-iowas-amateur-hour-caucuses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iowa<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/new-hampshire-dems-promise-a-fight-for-first-in-the-nation-primary-spot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Hampshire<\/a>\u2014has created a stir over race and entitlement. Despite the hoopla, the practical benefit for the state Democratic Party is a purely symbolic one\u2014that\u2019s because\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/the-state-of-bidens-presidency-is-stronger-than-it-looks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">if Joe Biden runs<\/a>, as expected, he is unlikely to face a challenger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nonetheless, for Black political culture, the selection is like listening to a soulful tune by the South Carolina native\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/discoversouthcarolina.com\/articles\/james-brown__;!!LsXw!VcyKNY0sLhcU46pXv7honjFe1Cm2szBmO0BoeymxL4ATztKR5c25Tmu6vQH5SZF5olgDgeTMxAbHv_i1S4G4M-AehLkBffccZQ$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Brown<\/a>\u2014it triggers the emotional memory of a people\u2019s journey through separation, pain, hope, and pride. Understand that the state holds a special place in our political history\u2014where race has been key to wielding power since the days of slavery.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Daily Beast: &#8220;The\u00a0Democratic National Committee\u2019s\u00a0decision to move South Carolina to the front of the presidential primary line\u2014displacing both\u00a0Iowa\u00a0and\u00a0New Hampshire\u2014has created a stir over race and entitlement. Despite the hoopla, the practical benefit for the state Democratic Party is a purely symbolic one\u2014that\u2019s because\u00a0if Joe Biden runs, as expected, he is unlikely to face a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsstory"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yellowdogwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yellowdogwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yellowdogwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yellowdogwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yellowdogwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yellowdogwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108991,"href":"https:\/\/yellowdogwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108990\/revisions\/108991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yellowdogwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yellowdogwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yellowdogwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}