Indeed, at it's most extreme, Reaganism is about racism.
How Tea Party Benefits From Segregation:
Acceptance or rejection of the Tea Party's views on the government's role in redistributing wealth is shaped, to a large degree, by the extent to which those who have benefited from higher education are set apart in their daily lives from those who have not," says McVeigh, who specializes in inequality, social movements, race and ethnicity.