bendog
Diamond Member
jmo, but the entire thread is skewed. I don't see how the gop is more, or less, racist that the democratic party. Race is a factor in south side chicago elections and in the miss. delta. Whites need not apply. And that's fine. Neither my city nor Atl are likely to have a white mayor again. And that's fine too. People have a right to be bigots or to vote for someone for any reason. And, there's plenty of good reasons when political appointments are made, or employees hired, or students admitted to want a wide social diversity.
Many non-racist white southerners resent northern politicians telling them there must be minority maj districts gerrymandered and approved by the DOJ. The problem for blacks and the gop in the South is really simple. Nobody's gonna win a state wide race, even in Miss where blacks are about 1/3 of the population, without saying they believe every vote should be equal, and dividing up districts just to make minority maj districts is not right.
The ugliness comes in when someone plays the race card, as happened in Tenn when Harold Ford Jr. ran against Corker. But chicago's had some racially devisive mayoral elections, and so has NYC.
ps, yeah JFK would fit. But by God he'd have drones bombing the crap out of those bastards, and hoover would be on your party line. (-:
Many non-racist white southerners resent northern politicians telling them there must be minority maj districts gerrymandered and approved by the DOJ. The problem for blacks and the gop in the South is really simple. Nobody's gonna win a state wide race, even in Miss where blacks are about 1/3 of the population, without saying they believe every vote should be equal, and dividing up districts just to make minority maj districts is not right.
The ugliness comes in when someone plays the race card, as happened in Tenn when Harold Ford Jr. ran against Corker. But chicago's had some racially devisive mayoral elections, and so has NYC.
ps, yeah JFK would fit. But by God he'd have drones bombing the crap out of those bastards, and hoover would be on your party line. (-:
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