Thats not true Zeebs. I read this and its very exciting for me. I have some conservative view points and some liberal view points. I am actually more conservative than liberal. But its the "people" that make up a party. Its hard to support a party where there is very little diversity and whole lot of anti-minority fodder. I would and I know many other blacks that would truly support the republican party when they want us to be apart of the support group, not just for show.
Diversity is definitely important all I'm sayin is white liberal hate an individualist black man because their power relies on teaching minorities that their identity is determined by skin color. This grows racism because how can you expect one to become colorblind when you see people as groups and races instead of individual human beings?
I never look at a person threw color except to say it's important to have all peoples represented in work, in culture, in politics on both sides or your get disenfranchisement. People are people. It's hard sometimes with media or civil rights leaders always telling us how bad xyz is - or Hollywood portrayals of mistral black folk, but I think I'm above that. Bottom line it makes no sense 95% of Black are democrat.
Interesting to see these two points of view together. Both are true and valid, BUT - the GOP hasn't had a black representative in Congress since J.C. Watts entered the ministry full time rather than stand for re-election. While I don't think the establishment Republicans are racist, a lot of blacks do think that. When your party is not represented by any black elected officials, it becomes harder to attract blacks to it; politically the perception is the reality. Republicans simply need to work harder to identify, promote, and support qualified black candidates who share their views. In politics as in anything else, when you're behind you have to work harder, and the GOP is way behind with black folks.
Also, the GOP tends to think of blacks as kryptonite, by which I mean they do not know how to respond to blacks in situations where they would have no problem responding to whites or Asians. If white liberals in West Virginia get caught in illegal voting the GOP jumps all over them; let a black precinct in East Memphis or Philly or East St. Louis do the same and the GOP cannot respond because of their sensitivity toward accusations of racism. By working with black conservatives the GOP could gain valuable knowledge of how to respond to those situations as people rather than as black people, and more conservative blacks will consider the Republican candidate. Since no one trusts politicians anyway and most government occurs behind closed doors, it's really hard for blacks to trust Republicans enough to honestly consider their candidates.
This is a good thing for the GOP and for the country. But it also underscores how alienated blacks are from the GOP. The GOP really needs to be working to fix this, and it isn't sufficient to just proclaim one's colorblindness or be willing to vote for black candidates should they appear. The GOP must actively court black candidates, and without lowering standards or compromising key principles, to work their way out of this hole.
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