5 Reasons There Are So Few Black Americans In The Republican Party

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How is it that the party of Lincoln, a party that led the way in opposing slavery, Jim Crow laws, lynching, the KKK, poll taxes, led the way on integration and voting rights for black Americans, and percentage wise, voted for the 1964 Civil Rights Act in greater numbers than Democrats is now only getting about 10% of the black vote? Democrats say racism, but any objective observer would quickly discard that explanation given the significant number of popular black Republicans. If even a large percentage of Republicans were racist, certainly Allen West, Herman Cain, Clarence Thomas, Michael Steele, Tim Scott, Mia Love, Condi Rice, Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams, Star Parker, and Larry Elder couldn't exist, much less be popular with conservatives. Additionally, although Republicans don't support Affirmative Action, very few black Americans actually benefit from it and many are harmed as well.

So, why are Republicans doing so poorly with black Americans?

1) Economics: Black Americans are suffering economically compared to the rest of the country. "In 2009, the average net worth for white households was $113,149 and $5,700 for black households." 14.1% of black Americans are unemployed compared to 7.4 percent of whites and "black households’ median annual income fell" more than twice as much over the last two years as white Americans.

Since black Americans have been monolithically voting for the Democratic Party for 40 years, those numbers are actually a terrific argument for voting Republican. Unfortunately, as a practical matter, it doesn't work that way. People who are doing poorly economically tend to welcome any short term help they can get, even if the increased dependence on the government ultimately makes it more likely that they'll remain mired in poverty. Combine that with the fact that black Americans are dramatically over-represented amongst government workers (11.6% of the population vs. almost 20% of the government work force) and there are strong short term incentives for many black Americans to stay in the Democratic Party even if they'd ultimately benefit more from adopting a more conservative philosophy.

2) The skin color of the speakers: One of the great ironies of the race debate in America is that Republicans have internalized Martin Luther King's famous saying, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character," while most black Americans have rejected it. This creates a bit of a Catch-22 for Republicans. Black Americans are much more likely to listen and consider what black Republicans have to say, but there just aren't a lot of black Republicans to say it. This is a problem that's slowly, but surely being corrected as more and more black Americans are rising to prominence within the GOP, but we're just not there yet.

3) Racism culture: Even black Americans who are extremely prosperous and have never been significantly harmed by racism in their lives feel compelled to talk about America as if Democrats like George Wallace and Bull Connor were still running wild. There are three reasons for that.

A) It's at the core of the Democrats’ political strategy in dealing with black Americans. No matter how poorly served black Americans are by the Democrats, they won't listen to what Republicans have to say with an open mind if they're falsely convinced we hate them.

B) If you say that racism is no longer a serious problem for black Americans, then there still has to be some sort of explanation given for why black Americans aren't doing that well compared to white Americans. Many black Americans fear that other Americans might conclude that the old school Democratic racists were right and they are inferior. This is why pointing out that racism isn't a serious impediment for black Americans today can almost come across like a slap, as opposed to a plain statement of obvious fact.

C) Shouting "racism" is easy and it doesn't require you to do anything other than complain. Tackling other issues that are hurting black Americans like children being born out of wedlock and out of control crime in the inner cities is really hard.

Most Republicans do not consider racism to be a significant impediment to success anymore and that puts us up against a deeply ingrained, shared cultural belief with black Americans.

4) Outreach: That last item is the biggest factor in the GOP's mediocre, almost but not quite, non-existent outreach to black Americans. White Republicans assume what they say will be de facto ignored because of their race at best or they'll be called a racist no matter what they say at worst. Moreover, most Republicans have an almost instinctive dislike of identity politics that keeps us from creating a conservative NAACP and hiring our own Jesse Jackson's and Al Sharpton's to push the conservative message to black Americans. So, the solution to this problem has been to do very little outreach and hope that black Americans will just drift into the Republican Party on their own. Judging by the number of black Americans voting for the GOP, this strategy isn't working and isn't likely to work in the foreseeable future.

5) Issues: The Republican Party is on the same page as most black Americans on "abortion, gay marriage, and being friendly to Christianity. Many black Americans also agree with the conservative stance on illegal immigration, school choice, being tough on crime, and supporting entrepreneurs." We have to do a better job of working with black Americans in areas where our interests coincide instead of expecting them to come to us. We also have to start using conservative principles to address issues that disproportionately impact black Americans. We need to find ways to implement enterprise zones and micro-loans to help black Americans in inner cities. It's also a disgrace that any American, in any neighborhood, has to worry about getting shot in his yard or drug dealers selling on the corner where his kids go to school. We're the law and order party. We should be effectively tackling that the way Rudy Giuliani did in New York. It's not enough for Republicans to say, "Look at the places we agree." As John Maxwell once said, "People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care." We have to show black Americans we care, not just with words, but by rolling up our sleeves and tackling the issues the Democrat Party has been ignoring for decades.
 
As i have been saying, the perception of reality that blacks must have has been distorted by a very successful propaganda effort by the democrats. You must read the following, it is the best example of liberal lying which is very provable.

The American Spectator : The DNC's Bold Lies
 
Sorry champ the GOP isn't the party of Linclon anymore. Nope they're the new Rebels. Look at how many want to leave the union if President Obama is re-elected. Oh and the Civil right act was passed by Northern Democrats and Northern Republicans. It really was a North/South issue.
 
How is it that the party of Lincoln, a party that led the way in opposing slavery, Jim Crow laws, lynching, the KKK, poll taxes, led the way on integration and voting rights for black Americans, and percentage wise, voted for the 1964 Civil Rights Act in greater numbers than Democrats is now only getting about 10% of the black vote?


The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was divided more on geographical lines than party lines. Non-Southerners in both parties voted in favor of the bill by a large majority, while the opposite occured (for both parties) in the South. The Southern Democrats were so pissed at Johnson for signing the CRA that over several decades they migrated to the Republican Party - and the Republican Party welcomed them.

Now Congressional Republicans like Ron Paul want to do away with the Civil Rights Act. Yet I can't think of a single Democrat that would do the same. Quite literally, over the past 50 years or so, the parties have switched sides with regard to the issue of civil rights for blacks.
 
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The -real- reasons?

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The GOP doesn't promise to create new, and expand existing, entitlement programs
4-5
The GOP doesnt occasionally float the idea of reparations for slavery
 
The -real- reasons?

1-3:
The GOP doesn't promise to create new, and expand existing, entitlement programs
4-5
The GOP doesnt occasionally float the idea of reparations for slavery

Actually the real reason is that GOPers like you think all black people except Condi Rice have 13 kids, don't work, and live off welfare.
 
Sorry champ the GOP isn't the party of Linclon anymore. Nope they're the new Rebels. Look at how many want to leave the union if President Obama is re-elected. Oh and the Civil right act was passed by Northern Democrats and Northern Republicans. It really was a North/South issue.


Lincoln was a despicable tyrant who wiped his ass on the Constitution. I don't know why anyone would want to be associated with him. When it was formed, the Republican Party was the party of statism, cronyism, subsidies and big government.
 
Sorry champ the GOP isn't the party of Linclon anymore. Nope they're the new Rebels. Look at how many want to leave the union if President Obama is re-elected. Oh and the Civil right act was passed by Northern Democrats and Northern Republicans. It really was a North/South issue.


Lincoln was a despicable tyrant who wiped his ass on the Constitution. I don't know why anyone would want to be associated with him. When it was formed, the Republican Party was the party of statism, cronyism, subsidies and big government.

The same could be said of almost any President that led us through a major war.
 
Money is the reason why most blacks vote for Democraps.

Democraps promise blacks FREE stuff, while Republicans push for hard work and education to get ahead in life.

The black culture has accepted laziness and stupidity, so they like the easy FREE ticket in life Democraps promise them. Since many blacks aren't going to be CEOs like Mitt Romney, it is easier to hate him than blame themselves for their bad grades in school, criminal record, out of wedlock kids, drugs, etc that have put them in a bind by age 25.

Democraps play on the low standards that many in the black community love because it is easy. The irony is that it is like the plantations of slavery where blacks were stuck with just the bare minimal to keep them alive. Many today like that lifestyle as long as they get a PS3, flat screen TV, etc to fill in the gaps of their life.
 
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The -real- reasons?

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The GOP doesn't promise to create new, and expand existing, entitlement programs
4-5
The GOP doesnt occasionally float the idea of reparations for slavery
^^^^this is a reason too
Portraying African Americans as welfare Queens is not going to win over voters.
One should not try to win voters by lying.
 
The -real- reasons?
1-3:
The GOP doesn't promise to create new, and expand existing, entitlement programs
4-5
The GOP doesnt occasionally float the idea of reparations for slavery
Actually the real reason is that GOPers like you think all black people except Condi Rice have 13 kids, don't work, and live off welfare.
I -don't- think all black people except Condi Rice have 13 kids, don't work, and live off welfare -- after all, at least a few of them are Republicans.
 
Progressive control of the media and educational system has created the fiction that Democrats, the party of the Tuskegee experiments, the party that set the civil rights bills back 7 years is actually the party that supports blacks. Its one of the biggest lies ever
 
Lincoln was a despicable tyrant who wiped his ass on the Constitution. I don't know why anyone would want to be associated with him. When it was formed, the Republican Party was the party of statism, cronyism, subsidies and big government.

The same could be said of almost any President that led us through a major war.

It's certainly true of both Wilson and Roosevelt. It doesn't alter the fact that they are despicable.
 
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How is it that the party of Lincoln, a party that led the way in opposing slavery, Jim Crow laws, lynching, the KKK, poll taxes, led the way on integration and voting rights for black Americans, and percentage wise, voted for the 1964 Civil Rights Act in greater numbers than Democrats is now only getting about 10% of the black vote?


The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was divided more on geographical lines than party lines. Non-Southerners in both parties voted in favor of the bill by a large majority, while the opposite occured (for both parties) in the South. The Southern Democrats were so pissed at Johnson for signing the CRA that over several decades they migrated to the Republican Party - and the Republican Party welcomed them.

Now Congressional Republicans like Ron Paul want to do away with the Civil Rights Act. Yet I can't think of a single Democrat that would do the same. Quite literally, over the past 50 years or so, the parties have switched sides with regard to the issue of civil rights for blacks.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was divided more on geographical lines than party lines.
Geography has absolutely nothing to do with the hearts or minds of people.


"the Republican Party welcomed them."

Anyone who joins the Republican Party is not told what to think. We have a platform of equality and fiscal responsibility. Southerners who joined the Republican Party did so because they were sick of racism and the KKK.

Do you have a problem with people being sick of racism and the KKK and wanted to distance themselves from meanness, racism, and hatred of the Democrat Party?

We Republicans don't. Funny, we're still against slavery and still for fiscal responsibility and always were.
 
Lincoln was a despicable tyrant who wiped his ass on the Constitution. I don't know why anyone would want to be associated with him. When it was formed, the Republican Party was the party of statism, cronyism, subsidies and big government.

The same could be said of almost any President that led us through a major war.

It's certainly true of both Wilson and Roosevelt. It doesn't alter the fact that they are despicable.[/QUOTE]

I think you probably find a lot of people dispicable, so its not saying much.
 
Dumbfuck......how come Bill Cosby said the same thing?

I believe he is black.

He said the black community promotes stupidity by picking on smart kids in school. It promotes laziness by ignoring deadbeat fathers doing nothing for their kids.

Idiots like you ignore the "flash mob crowds" of black kids raiding local Wal Marts as "fun." Going into stores to rob them with a large crowd through mayhem, what a great culture.

I love threads like this. I can just sit back and watch all the racists come post about how blacks are lazy and stupid and vote dem because they like free stuff.
 

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