Dems really haven't changed at all since the Jim Crow days. All that changed is which voting block they will play against another. Racism is a basic tenant of liberalism. Without racism you don't have any names to call people and therefore no argument to make.
Could you imagine? The only defense liberals use is claiming we're racist, or bigots, or homophobes, or waging war on women, or oppressing blacks via Voter ID support, or hating Mexicans because we support closed borders...
Can you imagine how they would act if they could no longer insult the right?