What exactly do republicans have to offer blacks?

[IM2]

A large percentage of crime is a function of poverty -- unless you are saying "blacks" are just genetically pre-disposed to commit crime

Poverty and lack of a dual parent home. Blacks are genetically better at basketball. 100%. Thats a good thing.

You're wrong.

You're not better at basketball?
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The NBA is the ultimate meritocracy. If white boys in the US practiced like the white boys in europe they could get into the NBA. If it was based on genetics then pure Black Africans would be the only ones dominating the NBA.

White boys in Eur? Best players in Eur are black Americans. Africans do play well???

Nope, ask Pau Gasol about that one. Or Porzingis. Or Doncic.

 

[deanrd]

Republicans can offer blacks the same exact proverty they offer whites in rural areas who they keep in perpetual poverty.

 

[IM2]

Republicans can offer blacks the same exact proverty they offer whites in rural areas who they keep in perpetual poverty.

Tell it brother!

 

[IM2]

Republicans can offer blacks the same exact proverty they offer whites in rural areas who they keep in perpetual poverty.

Republican serfdom.

 

[Defiant1]

There is no democratic plantation. Blacks are able to think for ourselves. The two major reforms relative to racial equality of the last 60 years were democratic proposals. The overall platform of the democratic party deals with issues the large majority of blacks face. So what exactly does the republican party offer blacks?. We are free, so republicans don't offer that. So aside from the fact Lincoln signed a piece of paper 153 years ago, what does the republican party have to offer?

Hope and Change

You mean racism and sexism.

Neither exists.

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

A large percentage of crime is a function of poverty -- unless you are saying "blacks" are just genetically pre-disposed to commit crime

Poverty and lack of a dual parent home. Blacks are genetically better at basketball. 100%. Thats a good thing.

You're wrong.

You're not better at basketball?
View attachment 220450

If white boys in the US practiced like the white boys in europe they could get into the NBA. If it was based on genetics then pure Black Africans would be the only ones dominating the NBA.

Teach! Cause Dirk Nowitzki don't look black to me.

Thats one player. LMAO. You're so dumb.

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

Poverty and lack of a dual parent home. Blacks are genetically better at basketball. 100%. Thats a good thing.

You're wrong.

You're not better at basketball?
View attachment 220450

The NBA is the ultimate meritocracy. If white boys in the US practiced like the white boys in europe they could get into the NBA. If it was based on genetics then pure Black Africans would be the only ones dominating the NBA.

White boys in Eur? Best players in Eur are black Americans. Africans do play well???

Yeah white boys in europe. How is it they can come to the NBA and shine? Of course Africans play well. However, if it was genetics pure Africans would be the best. So far only one has made it to the HOF.

They don't have courts, sneakers, instructions? When they come here they shine. See Embiid. Started playing at 16? I said 75% is black. Not 100%. So yes 25% "shine".

 

[Asclepias]

Poverty and lack of a dual parent home. Blacks are genetically better at basketball. 100%. Thats a good thing.

You're wrong.

You're not better at basketball?
View attachment 220450

If white boys in the US practiced like the white boys in europe they could get into the NBA. If it was based on genetics then pure Black Africans would be the only ones dominating the NBA.

Teach! Cause Dirk Nowitzki don't look black to me.

Thats one player. LMAO. You're so dumb.

Youre an idiot. There is way more than one white european player

 

[Asclepias]

You're wrong.

You're not better at basketball?
View attachment 220450

The NBA is the ultimate meritocracy. If white boys in the US practiced like the white boys in europe they could get into the NBA. If it was based on genetics then pure Black Africans would be the only ones dominating the NBA.

White boys in Eur? Best players in Eur are black Americans. Africans do play well???

Yeah white boys in europe. How is it they can come to the NBA and shine? Of course Africans play well. However, if it was genetics pure Africans would be the best. So far only one has made it to the HOF.

They don't have courts, sneakers, instructions? When they come here they shine. See Embiid. Started playing at 16? I said 75% is black. Not 100%. So yes 25% "shine".

You sound like an idiot. They have courts, instruction, and sneakers in Africa. The thing is that basketball is not usually the sport of choice in Africa. Therefore they dont practice it. Kinda like the white boys here in the US.

 

[sealybobo]

Define "poor". They aren't all married. 70% of blacks come from single parent households. 40% of whites. You are also comparing small population sizes to very large ones. False equivalency. Do you disagree with the comparisons of inner cities and plantations?

Lastly, not all poor whites vote Republican. Maybe this past election.

I disagree with any white person trying to link plantations to that of any city, especially cities where mostly "dark" people live...

Since, very much unlike plantations, those "dark" people can move if they have the resources to do so -- they can move anywhere they like in fact

But I understand the desire for closet racists and buckdancing black folks to always go on and on about plantations

However, they never shame or mock Jews who also vote overwhelmingly democrat as being in democratic concentration camps

Just over 40 percent of SNAP recipients are white. Another 25.7 percent are black, 10.3 percent are Hispanic, 2.1 percent are Asian and 1.2 percent are Native American, according to a 2015 Department of Agriculture report.

Not one Jew. LOL

Seems like those whites are on the democrat plantation

Again, a very simplistic view of the situation. Yes, anyone who is poor is still living on the Democratic plantation. And anyone who is already successful is running the plantation. Or, most of you are house slaves. You got it good enough so no need to rock the boat right? And since you already got yours, it's easy to overlook all the liberal policies that helped you get to where you are in life. Affordable college, being white and priviledged, having 2 parents in the home, knowing someone who could give you your first job, being smart, having the benefit of going to a good school district because you were born in the right area code.

And yes, white southerners in Red states have never left the plantation. When blacks were freed rich whites had to find someone to work on those plantations and looky who they found. Po White Trash.

Republican leaders have spent months promoting the myth that red low-tax states are subsidizing blue high-tax states because of the deduction for state and local taxes.

An Associated Press Fact Check finds it’s actually the other way around. High-tax, traditionally Democratic states (blue), subsidize low-tax, traditionally Republican states (red) — in a big way.

In fact, most high-tax states send more money to Washington than they get back in federal spending. Most low-tax states make a profit from the federal government’s system of taxing and spending.

Connecticut residents paid an average of $15,643 per person in federal taxes in 2015, according to a report by the Rockefeller Institute of Government. Massachusetts paid $13,582 per person, New Jersey paid $13,137 and New York paid $12,820.

California residents paid an average of $10,510.

At the other end, Mississippi residents paid an average of $5,740 per person, while West Virginia paid $6,349, Kentucky paid $6,626 and South Carolina paid $6,665.

Low-tax red states also fare better when you take into account federal spending.

Mississippi received $2.13 for every tax dollar the state sent to Washington in 2015, according to the Rockefeller study. West Virginia received $2.07, Kentucky got $1.90 and South Carolina got $1.71.

Meanwhile, New Jersey received 74 cents in federal spending for tax every dollar the state sent to Washington. New York received 81 cents, Connecticut received 82 cents and Massachusetts received 83 cents.

Stop sucking off the Democratic tit!!!

AP FACT CHECK: Blue high-tax states fund red low-tax states

It is not just about $$$$ it is about the high crime rate.

Yea, because a poor white person in a white community doesn't feel as desperate and hopeless as a poor black person, so they don't resort to crime. Anyone who's a violent criminal has given up all hope of being a productive member of society. So maybe white people aren't as desperate and don't feel as hopeless. Plus there are a million other factors on why black communities are more dangerous. Ultimately you don't seem to get that black people are treated like second class citizens in this country. They probably feel like Palestinians who feel so hopeless they strap on suicide bombs.

The relationship between race and crime in the United States has been a topic of public controversy and scholarly debate for more than a century. The incarceration rate of blacks is more than three times higher than their representation in the general population. Research shows that the over representation of some minorities in the criminal justice system can be explained mostly by disproportionate rates of crime, but also by socioeconomic factors and racial discrimination by law enforcement and the judicial system.

92 Percent Of African-Americans Say Black Americans Face Discrimination Today

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

You're wrong.

You're not better at basketball?
View attachment 220450

If white boys in the US practiced like the white boys in europe they could get into the NBA. If it was based on genetics then pure Black Africans would be the only ones dominating the NBA.

Teach! Cause Dirk Nowitzki don't look black to me.

Thats one player. LMAO. You're so dumb.

Youre an idiot. There is way more than one white european player

Is there more than 10?

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

You're not better at basketball?
View attachment 220450

The NBA is the ultimate meritocracy. If white boys in the US practiced like the white boys in europe they could get into the NBA. If it was based on genetics then pure Black Africans would be the only ones dominating the NBA.

White boys in Eur? Best players in Eur are black Americans. Africans do play well???

Yeah white boys in europe. How is it they can come to the NBA and shine? Of course Africans play well. However, if it was genetics pure Africans would be the best. So far only one has made it to the HOF.

They don't have courts, sneakers, instructions? When they come here they shine. See Embiid. Started playing at 16? I said 75% is black. Not 100%. So yes 25% "shine".

You sound like an idiot. They have courts, instruction, and sneakers in Africa. The thing is that basketball is not usually the sport of choice in Africa. Therefore they dont practice it. Kinda like the white boys here in the US.

I am the idiot? You just said white people don't play hoops. LMAO. Have you seen the benches of NCAA teams? Mostly white kids who excelled in HS but could not compete with the elite black athletes on the highest levels. I am an idiot? You're the one responding to my posts. LOL. Oh Assfaceias I sure do enjoy these conversations.

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

I disagree with any white person trying to link plantations to that of any city, especially cities where mostly "dark" people live...

Since, very much unlike plantations, those "dark" people can move if they have the resources to do so -- they can move anywhere they like in fact

But I understand the desire for closet racists and buckdancing black folks to always go on and on about plantations

However, they never shame or mock Jews who also vote overwhelmingly democrat as being in democratic concentration camps

Just over 40 percent of SNAP recipients are white. Another 25.7 percent are black, 10.3 percent are Hispanic, 2.1 percent are Asian and 1.2 percent are Native American, according to a 2015 Department of Agriculture report.

Not one Jew. LOL

Seems like those whites are on the democrat plantation

Again, a very simplistic view of the situation. Yes, anyone who is poor is still living on the Democratic plantation. And anyone who is already successful is running the plantation. Or, most of you are house slaves. You got it good enough so no need to rock the boat right? And since you already got yours, it's easy to overlook all the liberal policies that helped you get to where you are in life. Affordable college, being white and priviledged, having 2 parents in the home, knowing someone who could give you your first job, being smart, having the benefit of going to a good school district because you were born in the right area code.

And yes, white southerners in Red states have never left the plantation. When blacks were freed rich whites had to find someone to work on those plantations and looky who they found. Po White Trash.

Republican leaders have spent months promoting the myth that red low-tax states are subsidizing blue high-tax states because of the deduction for state and local taxes.

An Associated Press Fact Check finds it’s actually the other way around. High-tax, traditionally Democratic states (blue), subsidize low-tax, traditionally Republican states (red) — in a big way.

In fact, most high-tax states send more money to Washington than they get back in federal spending. Most low-tax states make a profit from the federal government’s system of taxing and spending.

Connecticut residents paid an average of $15,643 per person in federal taxes in 2015, according to a report by the Rockefeller Institute of Government. Massachusetts paid $13,582 per person, New Jersey paid $13,137 and New York paid $12,820.

California residents paid an average of $10,510.

At the other end, Mississippi residents paid an average of $5,740 per person, while West Virginia paid $6,349, Kentucky paid $6,626 and South Carolina paid $6,665.

Low-tax red states also fare better when you take into account federal spending.

Mississippi received $2.13 for every tax dollar the state sent to Washington in 2015, according to the Rockefeller study. West Virginia received $2.07, Kentucky got $1.90 and South Carolina got $1.71.

Meanwhile, New Jersey received 74 cents in federal spending for tax every dollar the state sent to Washington. New York received 81 cents, Connecticut received 82 cents and Massachusetts received 83 cents.

Stop sucking off the Democratic tit!!!

AP FACT CHECK: Blue high-tax states fund red low-tax states

It is not just about $$$$ it is about the high crime rate.

Yea, because a poor white person in a white community doesn't feel as desperate and hopeless as a poor black person, so they don't resort to crime. Anyone who's a violent criminal has given up all hope of being a productive member of society. So maybe white people aren't as desperate and don't feel as hopeless. Plus there are a million other factors on why black communities are more dangerous. Ultimately you don't seem to get that black people are treated like second class citizens in this country. They probably feel like Palestinians who feel so hopeless they strap on suicide bombs.

The relationship between race and crime in the United States has been a topic of public controversy and scholarly debate for more than a century. The incarceration rate of blacks is more than three times higher than their representation in the general population. Research shows that the over representation of some minorities in the criminal justice system can be explained mostly by disproportionate rates of crime, but also by socioeconomic factors and racial discrimination by law enforcement and the judicial system.

92 Percent Of African-Americans Say Black Americans Face Discrimination Today

Maybe they should stop voting Democrat?

 

[Asclepias]

You're not better at basketball?
View attachment 220450

If white boys in the US practiced like the white boys in europe they could get into the NBA. If it was based on genetics then pure Black Africans would be the only ones dominating the NBA.

Teach! Cause Dirk Nowitzki don't look black to me.

Thats one player. LMAO. You're so dumb.

Youre an idiot. There is way more than one white european player

Is there more than 10?

Yep

 

[Asclepias]

The NBA is the ultimate meritocracy. If white boys in the US practiced like the white boys in europe they could get into the NBA. If it was based on genetics then pure Black Africans would be the only ones dominating the NBA.

White boys in Eur? Best players in Eur are black Americans. Africans do play well???

Yeah white boys in europe. How is it they can come to the NBA and shine? Of course Africans play well. However, if it was genetics pure Africans would be the best. So far only one has made it to the HOF.

They don't have courts, sneakers, instructions? When they come here they shine. See Embiid. Started playing at 16? I said 75% is black. Not 100%. So yes 25% "shine".

You sound like an idiot. They have courts, instruction, and sneakers in Africa. The thing is that basketball is not usually the sport of choice in Africa. Therefore they dont practice it. Kinda like the white boys here in the US.

I am the idiot? You just said white people don't play hoops. LMAO. Have you seen the benches of NCAA teams? Mostly white kids who excelled in HS but could not compete with the elite black athletes on the highest levels. I am an idiot? You're the one responding to my posts. LOL. Oh Assfaceias I sure do enjoy these conversations.

Yes youre the idiot. I said white boys in the US dont practice hard enough.

 

[sealybobo]

Just over 40 percent of SNAP recipients are white. Another 25.7 percent are black, 10.3 percent are Hispanic, 2.1 percent are Asian and 1.2 percent are Native American, according to a 2015 Department of Agriculture report.

Not one Jew. LOL

Seems like those whites are on the democrat plantation

Again, a very simplistic view of the situation. Yes, anyone who is poor is still living on the Democratic plantation. And anyone who is already successful is running the plantation. Or, most of you are house slaves. You got it good enough so no need to rock the boat right? And since you already got yours, it's easy to overlook all the liberal policies that helped you get to where you are in life. Affordable college, being white and priviledged, having 2 parents in the home, knowing someone who could give you your first job, being smart, having the benefit of going to a good school district because you were born in the right area code.

And yes, white southerners in Red states have never left the plantation. When blacks were freed rich whites had to find someone to work on those plantations and looky who they found. Po White Trash.

Republican leaders have spent months promoting the myth that red low-tax states are subsidizing blue high-tax states because of the deduction for state and local taxes.

An Associated Press Fact Check finds it’s actually the other way around. High-tax, traditionally Democratic states (blue), subsidize low-tax, traditionally Republican states (red) — in a big way.

In fact, most high-tax states send more money to Washington than they get back in federal spending. Most low-tax states make a profit from the federal government’s system of taxing and spending.

Connecticut residents paid an average of $15,643 per person in federal taxes in 2015, according to a report by the Rockefeller Institute of Government. Massachusetts paid $13,582 per person, New Jersey paid $13,137 and New York paid $12,820.

California residents paid an average of $10,510.

At the other end, Mississippi residents paid an average of $5,740 per person, while West Virginia paid $6,349, Kentucky paid $6,626 and South Carolina paid $6,665.

Low-tax red states also fare better when you take into account federal spending.

Mississippi received $2.13 for every tax dollar the state sent to Washington in 2015, according to the Rockefeller study. West Virginia received $2.07, Kentucky got $1.90 and South Carolina got $1.71.

Meanwhile, New Jersey received 74 cents in federal spending for tax every dollar the state sent to Washington. New York received 81 cents, Connecticut received 82 cents and Massachusetts received 83 cents.

Stop sucking off the Democratic tit!!!

AP FACT CHECK: Blue high-tax states fund red low-tax states

It is not just about $$$$ it is about the high crime rate.

Yea, because a poor white person in a white community doesn't feel as desperate and hopeless as a poor black person, so they don't resort to crime. Anyone who's a violent criminal has given up all hope of being a productive member of society. So maybe white people aren't as desperate and don't feel as hopeless. Plus there are a million other factors on why black communities are more dangerous. Ultimately you don't seem to get that black people are treated like second class citizens in this country. They probably feel like Palestinians who feel so hopeless they strap on suicide bombs.

The relationship between race and crime in the United States has been a topic of public controversy and scholarly debate for more than a century. The incarceration rate of blacks is more than three times higher than their representation in the general population. Research shows that the over representation of some minorities in the criminal justice system can be explained mostly by disproportionate rates of crime, but also by socioeconomic factors and racial discrimination by law enforcement and the judicial system.

92 Percent Of African-Americans Say Black Americans Face Discrimination Today

Maybe they should stop voting Democrat?

We know that's the bullshit line Republicans like to us when discussing why blacks vote Democratic but we will tell you again. You have to offer something in exchange for their votes. They/We know they offer nothing in fact they provide cover for companies who discriminate against blacks.

We see 99% of the managers of a company are white. We say, "gee, this company should have more blacks working for it. Seems like this company discriminates against black people" and instead of you agreeing you defend these companies. You argue that they shouldn't have to hire anyone they don't want to hire. Then you start talking about how if they are forced to hire black people then white people are discriminated against. And you say the company isn't hiring the best if they have to hire 10% minorities and women.

And as minorities and women, they know you are full of shit. This is just one small example of why black people don't vote Republican. What you promote are policies that hold them back. You pretend it's in the name of fairness but we know your idea of fair isn't fair at all.

 

[sealybobo]

epublicans are fond of emphasizing that the party was founded by Lincoln, who freed the slaves. But the GOP’s role in the history of civil rights is even richer than the Great Emancipator. If Republicans can remember this legacy, perhaps there is some hope that the party might again attract the black voters who have felt unwelcome in its ranks for decades.

FDR’s New Deal coalition advocated a number of policies which were positive for African Americans, particularly the establishment of the Fair Employment Practice Committee

Republicans Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan would play to fears about the movement and the social unrest of the 1960s in order to consolidate support for the right among poor, blue-collar, and rural white Americans, particularly in the former Democratic stronghold of the south. But they faced stiff opposition from the Republican coalition of Michigan governor George Romney, who relentlessly and confrontationally championed affirmative action, fair housing, and civil rights—arguing that the so-called “Southern strategy” was a cynical betrayal of conservative ideals and the Republican tradition.

Republicans are often (rightfully) accused of gerrymandering districts to dilute or marginalize black voters

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.

It’s 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 segregation—let alone the persistence of overt racism, institutional and systemic discrimination, and unconscious racial bias.

 

[sealybobo]

Just over 40 percent of SNAP recipients are white. Another 25.7 percent are black, 10.3 percent are Hispanic, 2.1 percent are Asian and 1.2 percent are Native American, according to a 2015 Department of Agriculture report.

Not one Jew. LOL

Seems like those whites are on the democrat plantation

Again, a very simplistic view of the situation. Yes, anyone who is poor is still living on the Democratic plantation. And anyone who is already successful is running the plantation. Or, most of you are house slaves. You got it good enough so no need to rock the boat right? And since you already got yours, it's easy to overlook all the liberal policies that helped you get to where you are in life. Affordable college, being white and priviledged, having 2 parents in the home, knowing someone who could give you your first job, being smart, having the benefit of going to a good school district because you were born in the right area code.

And yes, white southerners in Red states have never left the plantation. When blacks were freed rich whites had to find someone to work on those plantations and looky who they found. Po White Trash.

Republican leaders have spent months promoting the myth that red low-tax states are subsidizing blue high-tax states because of the deduction for state and local taxes.

An Associated Press Fact Check finds it’s actually the other way around. High-tax, traditionally Democratic states (blue), subsidize low-tax, traditionally Republican states (red) — in a big way.

In fact, most high-tax states send more money to Washington than they get back in federal spending. Most low-tax states make a profit from the federal government’s system of taxing and spending.

Connecticut residents paid an average of $15,643 per person in federal taxes in 2015, according to a report by the Rockefeller Institute of Government. Massachusetts paid $13,582 per person, New Jersey paid $13,137 and New York paid $12,820.

California residents paid an average of $10,510.

At the other end, Mississippi residents paid an average of $5,740 per person, while West Virginia paid $6,349, Kentucky paid $6,626 and South Carolina paid $6,665.

Low-tax red states also fare better when you take into account federal spending.

Mississippi received $2.13 for every tax dollar the state sent to Washington in 2015, according to the Rockefeller study. West Virginia received $2.07, Kentucky got $1.90 and South Carolina got $1.71.

Meanwhile, New Jersey received 74 cents in federal spending for tax every dollar the state sent to Washington. New York received 81 cents, Connecticut received 82 cents and Massachusetts received 83 cents.

Stop sucking off the Democratic tit!!!

AP FACT CHECK: Blue high-tax states fund red low-tax states

It is not just about $$$$ it is about the high crime rate.

Yea, because a poor white person in a white community doesn't feel as desperate and hopeless as a poor black person, so they don't resort to crime. Anyone who's a violent criminal has given up all hope of being a productive member of society. So maybe white people aren't as desperate and don't feel as hopeless. Plus there are a million other factors on why black communities are more dangerous. Ultimately you don't seem to get that black people are treated like second class citizens in this country. They probably feel like Palestinians who feel so hopeless they strap on suicide bombs.

The relationship between race and crime in the United States has been a topic of public controversy and scholarly debate for more than a century. The incarceration rate of blacks is more than three times higher than their representation in the general population. Research shows that the over representation of some minorities in the criminal justice system can be explained mostly by disproportionate rates of crime, but also by socioeconomic factors and racial discrimination by law enforcement and the judicial system.

92 Percent Of African-Americans Say Black Americans Face Discrimination Today

Maybe they should stop voting Democrat?

I hope you are reading all this. I know Jews are stubborn, closed minded and set in their ways so let me know.

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 “lifting all boats.” 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 business—and 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 “ethnic” 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 counterparts—helping to explain why blacks earn only 60 cents for every dollar that white people earn in salary and wages.

 

[sealybobo]

There is no democratic plantation. Blacks are able to think for ourselves. The two major reforms relative to racial equality of the last 60 years were democratic proposals. The overall platform of the democratic party deals with issues the large majority of blacks face. So what exactly does the republican party offer blacks?. We are free, so republicans don't offer that. So aside from the fact Lincoln signed a piece of paper 153 years ago, what does the republican party have to offer?

Who started this plantation bullshit?

During virtually every election cycle, the RNC goes out of its way to elevate some black candidate onto the national stage. But diversity isn’t 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 diversity—and to make matters worse, they aren’t 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 “birther” bandwagon and refused to acknowledge President Obama’s 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 “we shall all become slaves on the government’s plantation.”

 

[sealybobo]

Cain described the American tax code as “the twenty-first century version of slavery,” despite the fact that people are still enslaved in many parts of the world. Carson has similarly referred to the Affordable Care Act as “slavery.” Meanwhile, Keyes, Cain and Carson all consistently downplay the significance of historical disadvantages or institutionalized racism.