Yea, the BS Southern Strategy.  It gave the Republicans President Carter and President Clinton twice.  30 years later the Southern Strategy of Nixon finally produced a victory taking over the House of Representatives.  What a crock when the Republicans were the first to sign a civil rights bill under Eisenhower and without them Johnson wouldn't have gotten his bill passed. What changed is that the extreme left took over the Democratic Party and mocked the gun toting, Bible believing, America loving, life protecting former Democrats of the South.   
The GOP doesn't have a problem with racists because they are unwelcome in the Party of Lincoln.  Racist come in many colors these days and Obama dropping all charges against The New Black Panthers who admitted hassling White People at the polls, should have told Americans he was not good for race relations.  The past Administration has done much damage to race relations and should take full credit for it.