Since that did not happen, try again.
Sounds like you've never read a history book.
I've read more of them than you have. That's why I said what I did.
Republicans back then were racists.
And nobody in todays republican party had anything to do with emancipation.
If Republicans back then were racist then why did they free the slaves from the Democrats?
Emancipation is Republican history. Of course no Republican today had anything to do with emancipation, just like no Democrat today had anything to do with inventing the wheel.
Since that didn't happen why do you continue repeating it?
Why do you hate the people who freed the black people from their slave masters?
I'm guessing that you're one of those white Democrats that are still pissed of over Republicans freeing the slaves.
Sorry but you white Democrats are going to have to pick your own cotton from now on.
I'm guessing that you're wrong. Try a new line pod-nuh.
Why Arenāt There More Black Republicans?
Conservatives must embrace the GOPās once proud legacy on civil rights.
By Musa Al-Gharbi
Today up to 95 percent of African-American voters are aligned with the Democratic Party, and the GOP has largely abandoned its legacy of civil rights activism.
Itās tough to assert being the party of Lincoln while some Republican legislators court Neo-Confederates and other ethnic nationalist movements. They further distance themselves by advocating for voter ID laws, which disenfranchise primarily low-income and legal minority voters. (There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud by illegal or ineligible voters, let alone a single example of when such voting has actually turned an election).
It is similarly difficult for Republicans to trumpet their role in passing Civil Rights Acts while the Republican National Committee is spearheading efforts to dismantle affirmative action (Former GOP chairman Michael Steele struck a good balance on this). And perhaps most importantly, the conservative emphasis on personal responsibility sounds disingenuous to many blacks when Republicans refuse to acknowledge the profound and continuing effects of slavery, Jim Crow and segregationālet alone the persistence of overt racism, institutional and systemic discrimination, and unconscious racial bias.
There is an assumption that these issues do not need to be addressed head-on because a strong economy will raise up
all Americans. Hence Republicans focus on fiscal matters over social justice. But if a particular social arrangement fundamentally privileges one group or marginalizes others, then economic growth tends to exacerbate disparities between groups rather than ālifting all boats.ā Or put another way, a system has to be fair before it can be color blind.
Black families have, on average, 5 percent of the wealth of their white counterparts. African Americans have limited access to the credit used to acquire property or start a businessāand they have been largely excluded from social networks that enhance mobility. Meanwhile, whites receive 76 percent of all merit-based scholarships and grant funding. There have been myriad studies demonstrating that, regardless of their credentials, people with āethnicā names are far less likely to get accepted into schools or called for job interviews. And even when hired, women and people of color are not promoted as often or as quickly as their white male counterpartsāhelping to explain why blacks earn only 60 cents for every dollar that white people earn in salary and wages.
Addressing these challenges will require both blacks
and whites to own up to the roles they have played, and continue to play, in perpetuating these unfortunate dynamics.
Diversity v. Tokenism
During virtually every election cycle, the RNC goes out of its way to elevate some black candidate onto the national stage. But diversity isnāt about seeing an African American advocating the exact same positions as their white counterparts. Instead, with often dramatically different life experiences, one would expect substantive differences in how black candidates view and approach policy problems. Yet most of the black voices elevated by the Republican Party reflect little of this more meaningful diversityāand to make matters worse, they arenāt strong candidates to begin with.
Consider some recent black Republican presidential candidates. While Herman Cain and Ben Carson are examples of great personal success in the face of adversity, they are painfully ill-informed on matters related to foreign policy, seem to lack a good grasp of many domestic issues, and have virtually no experience in government (although this latter characteristic is supposed to be part of their charm).
In 2008, Alan Keyes jumped on the ābirtherā bandwagon and refused to acknowledge President Obamaās election as legitimate, in the process providing cover for what most black Americans viewed as a ridiculous and racially-motivated witch-hunt. He would go on to warn that under Obama āwe shall all become slaves on the governmentās plantation.ā
Cain described the American tax code as āthe twenty-first century version of slavery,ā despite the fact that people are still enslaved in many parts of the world. Carson has similarly referred to the Affordable Care Act as āslavery.ā Meanwhile, Keyes, Cain and Carson all consistently downplay the significance of historical disadvantages or institutionalized racism. Cain and Carson have both insisted that it isnāt appropriate for the White House or presidential candidates to comment on the controversy surrounding the Confederate flag flying above some government buildings.
Perhaps the only serious black candidate for president suggested by Republicans has been Colin Powell. And he has consistently refused to run.
Why Arenāt There More Black Republicans?
When Republicans emphasize social trust, personal freedom and autonomy, except when it comes to the poor, they imply that the disadvantaged are in some sense not worthy of equal dignity or respect. While this discrimination is essentially
class based, many blacks view these policies as racist.
If ābig governmentā is the approach offered by Democrats, consider that Republican efforts are largely aimed at eliminating aid programs, or at the very least, rendering them less generous and the application process more burdensome. Worse, the typical Republican āsolutionā to poverty entails not just dramatic cuts in benefits to the poor, but raising their taxes as well (ābroadening the baseā), while lowering the rate for the wealthy and corporationsāall under the ahistorical and empirically falsified notion that this fortune will eventually ātrickle downā of its own accord.
Neither of these approaches hold much promise for the disadvantaged to actually escape poverty, but at least the Democrats promise to partially alleviate (even at the cost of perpetuating) their suffering. This leaves them as the least-worst option.
Why Arenāt There More Black Republicans?
