The Politics of the Multiracial Right
This project brings together leading journalists, scholars, and other commentators to examine the shifting dynamics of race in conservative political formations.
In the Los Angeles suburbs a ‘Filipinos for Trump’ rally attracts hundreds. On the south side of Chicago, Black conservative activists open the “Booker T Washington and Ida B Wells Renaissance Center” to recruit new voters for the local GOP. Conservative groups like the Koch Brothers pour millions into programs to train and recruit Latinos while the Proud Boys draw growing numbers of men of color into their leadership. A new wave of Black and Latino candidates win election to Congress across the country, some running as proud MAGA champions. Polls now point to growing support for the Trump campaign among many voters of color.
These trends have unfolded even as the GOP has moved sharply rightward on a wide range of racialized policy issues, including affirmative action, voting rights, immigration, public safety, housing, and reproductive justice.
How do we make sense of this paradox and rapidly changing terrain? And what does it portend for the future of politics and social movements in the US and beyond?
This research project aims to address these questions and chart the shifting racial dynamics of U.S. politics. Initial research on these questions will be published in The Politics of the Multiracial Right, co-edited by Daniel Martinez HoSang and Joseph Lowndes, forthcoming from NYU Press in 2025.
Race and the diasporic and global right
Gender, culture, and the multiracial right
Electoral, candidates, campaigns, and the multiracial right
Young people, intergenerational organizing, and the multiracial right
