rightwinger
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HA! This has been discussed for decades. Enterprise zones. Minority business set asides for government ( local, state and federal) contracts. Tax incentives offered to minority owned businesses. The list of incentives, bonuses and other advantages is long.Bring this fact up, and the reaction is usually "we're not going to become Democrats just to get the black vote", and of course, that's not the point. For some reason, they appear to still be afraid to proudly and aggressively proclaim their message (whether one thinks it's good or bad) directly to the black "community" (don't really like that phrase).
There's a difference between turning into a liberal and just communicating. The GOP doesn't appear to recognize this distinction.
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Republicans can start by acknowledging that th black community exists. That they are struggling. That they are not a bunch of lazy freeloaders
Start to move jobs into black communities and you will get their vote
Post hurricane Katrina is a perfect example of the problems facing this so called 'black community'....Local residents were offered all kinds of work repairing their OWN neighborhoods. Few applied. So workers were brought in from outside New Orleans.
What happened next is typical. The black people complained about the "outsiders" taking all the jobs.
There were thousands of opportunities for the locals to participate.
The problem for Republicans is you actually have to do it
Blacks know whether there are job opportunities in their communities or not. Republicans need to start showing their faces in poor and black communities. They need to provide concrete examples of what they have done to make those communities better
Explaining trickle down does not cut it
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