Quote: (10-03-2012 12:05 AM)bacon Wrote:
btw ANYONE who says its a conflict of interest to be black and republican is crazy.
My mental faculties are in the right place.
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democrats want to keep blacks(latinos as well) poor and marginalized so they can count on them for votes.
You have some sourcing for that or is it just a theory of yours?
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the introduction of welfare into black communities several generations ago which was available only to single women helped break up the black family and by extention black communities.
Welfare policy as it was applied was not beneficial, I agree.
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if blacks are really the beneficiaries of democrats you should visit baltimore or D.C. and see how democrat politics are benefiting black communities there.
Two inner city communities don't make your point (my pointing out a couple of affluent, largely democratic black areas wouldn't be sensible either), nor is the association between democratic policy and the negative outcomes in said urban areas established by your argument.
Conservative policy is absolutely not friendly to blacks or most latinos.
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im not saying republicans are the answer but to say its nuts to see a black guy as a republican to me is outdated thinking.
"Outdated"? It is common sense. It doesn't make any sense to join a party composed in any large part (note the lack of the word "entirely" there) of people who are openly hostile to you and/or your presence in "their" society, as the Republican Party of today quite clearly is. The strongest and most hostile modern attacks on blacks and latinos in this society have come from the right-this is why these people favor the left. Its mere common sense on their part-these folks aren't the idiots they are often portrayed to be. They know what is hostile to them and they avoid it.
Speaking as a black male in particular, one would have to be either blind or delusional to align themselves in such a manner (I was both, for the record).
Admittedly, if I were a young white male I'd probably be singing a different tune.
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