Lee Atwater Explains the Southern Strategy in a 1981 Interview
The Nation · Interview · 2 min · 2012 · YouTube title: Exclusive: Lee Atwater's Infamous 1981 Interview on the Southern Strategy
Why it's here
HN commenters cite it as a primary source for the Southern Strategy and coded racial language, in Atwater's own words.
What it covers
A short audio clip of a 1981 interview in which Republican strategist Lee Atwater explains to a political scientist how the party could win racist voters without using overtly racist language. It was published by The Nation with analysis by Rick Perlstein.