The context of reaction in 1970s

In 1970s’ the context of race and reaction seemed stable, because there is no huge racial movement in the U.S. . However, people in the North states started to lose their job and have to find another jobs in the southern states, which makes white people in the southern states started to take the power back. In 1970s’, the U.S. government faced to a big economic fail, the stagflation, people blamed the government didn’t do anything to help their situation, but once the state government started to make a program as a treatment to deal with the problems, the program itself became a disease. Beside, the U.S. ‘s industry had to accept the fact that they were losing the market to the international competitors. The U.S. were not “No.1” anymore.

In the international arena, because of the war in Vietnam, Nicaragua and Iran, the state government suffered humiliating. People in those countries started to go against the U.S. government. Suddenly, America was “held hostage” by politico-religious forces far beyond popular comprehension.

These changes started in 1970s’ and continued developing in 1980s. The popular ideology made the U.S.’s reputation in the world lower than before, especially the fiscal crisis.

The reversal appeared 1970s make people doubt to the so-called “welfare state”. The government tried to solve the problems by national welfare program, but the problem remained. People called it “throwing good money after bad”, and tried to stop it. Taxes were argued as the source and help to fill up the state’s welfare. It had put more stress on the taxes payers.