“What do you mean ‘Democrats are the real racists'”?
How often has someone asked you this question? I get it all the time from younger people– 30 and below especially. I used to recite the many instances of institutionalized racism Democrats authored and enforced to keep blacks slaves, then sharecroppers and segregated when it suited whites. I recite all the common talking points of Democrats voting against voting rights during the civil rights movement, rescinding voting rights 2 decades after Republicans gave blacks voting rights following the Civil War, the KKK being created by an elected Democrat as an enforcement vehicle against blacks and Republicans, etc…
The eyes of my audience remain blank and unimpressed. These people have been raised to believe the Democrats are blacks’ best friend in government and Republicans are hostile to blacks. While most know Democrats in the south fought to continue slavery, they believe that the racists in the south became Republicans and those opposed to racism became Democrats. They don’t know how or why such a thing happened, but they know it did. The fact that blacks vote for the Democrats over 90% of the time reinforces this belief.
This level of misunderstanding must be overcome through a rather lengthy explanation:
Democrats use fear as a tool very effectively. Southern whites were convinced that if blacks could own guns they would immediately shoot every white person they saw. If a black man could look at and speak to a white woman without being beaten or hung, they would rape every white woman they saw. If blacks drank from the same water fountain the water would carry disease. If blacks ate from the same food counter, the food would make whites sick. As crazy as this may sound, people believed it. (If your listener(s) have an incredulous look on their face ask them if they would drink water or eat food in close proximity to a rat, they’ll get the idea).
Then Republicans forced desegregation in the south causing the myths about blacks to begin fading.
Suddenly the main tool of control was lost to the Democrats. They could no longer sell them selves as the party of the white man and win elections. The Democrats went to the class warfare that served them well in the north and west. The Democrats sold themselves as the protector of the working man and the poor, fighting to stop the “repression” of the rich.
Blacks, however, knew better. They supported Republicans in large numbers with their newly restored voting rights. The “blue” South started turning purple. The Democrats needed to re-establish their political dominance in the South. Southern whites were learning that their fears of blacks were largely unfounded. With the Democrats main tool of control fading away, Southern whites began to align themselves politically based on moral values and basic economic philosophy. Southerners were and are more rural by nature which causes people to be more self-reliant. They are less likely to be in a union, less likely to be an immigrant or first generation natural born American, more patriotic, and more impressed by history than change. (e.g.- a Southerner will recommend a hundred year old restaurant first wheras a New Yorker will recommend the newest “hot” restaurant first) Over time, whites in the South found the message of the GOP to resonate more than the Democrats. And this is how Southern whites became Republicans.
Simultaneously, blacks were finding them selves realigning toward the Democrats. The racial rhetoric started to die down, and the desire to “dance with the one who brung them” faded. The social programs ushered in by the “Great Society” were attractive to the under educated, low income, black community in the South. Their was heavy immigration of blacks from the south to the north, looking for work and opportunity. When they got factory jobs they became union members and their desires from government changed. They also found “free” housing, welfare payments, food stamps, and racial quotas in hiring attractive.
So a century after the Republicans and Democrats went to war, the decendants of the soldiers and the slaves changed sides. And a half century after that, the current crop of immigrants and first generation natural born Americans are unaware of the change, assuming that current alignments are rooted in racial history rather than evolving moral and economic values.
Conservatives must educate younger and immigrant voters about the truth of why some groups vote as they do. We must no longer cede the racial high ground to the historic party of racism. Most people understand the allure of government money in the black community and why they vote Democrat but they do not understand how racist whites in the South became Republicans without bringing their racist beliefs with them.
Redteam
it remind me of what i heard at FOX today about WALLMART,
their insurance are shown to be very competitive compare to
OBAMACARE.
WALLMART 70, to OBAMACARE 700 , AND ALL THE WAY SAME FOR OTHER PLANS
IS IN IT WHY THEY WHERE YELLED AT BY THE UNION’S THUGS,
PRETENDING TO HELP THE POOR WORKERS,
@Redteam: Whoa RT You won’t find me defending what happened in Watts ugly. Are you defending the disgrace in Little Rock? Basically peaceful protesters you say–could have been hired by the unions?? C’mon who believes that? MIGHT NOT HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN SEGREGATIONISTS–sure.
You got over 1000 ADULTS screaming insults at 9 KIDS—hard to defend RT
BTW Wallace won both Ga. and La. in 68–that’s why I asked. I voted for Nixon in 68-would have voted for Kennedy in 60 if i’d been old enough.
@ilovebeeswarzone:
As I referred to above, most demonstrations and agitations are caused by ‘outsiders’ that have been hired to create a disturbance so the someone gets financially rewarded. In this case, Union thugs, in the case of Central High School, imported outside agitators. It’s the tried and proven tactics of the Dimocrat party to insure more political payoffs.
Redteam
good that we have the REPUBLICANS TO CLEAN THEIR SHIT,
after THE DEMOCRATS LEAVE,
@Richard Wheeler:
So, it depends on who’s ox is being gored? You and Tom were using Little Rock as an ‘example’ of the racism in the South, I just pointed out that Watts was a whole lot bigger racial deal and it sure didn’t happen in the South. (well, South Cal, but that’s all part of the left coast, not the south) So when you want to point out racism, why not look in your back yard instead of all the way across the country?
I sure don’t defend the way the Federal government handled the Little Rock deal. Had they provided Federal security when originally asked, the whole thing would have been a non event. The school board had submitted their plan for compliance to the Supreme court and they ruled that the plan was in compliance with the Law. The school board then requested security assistance from the Fed gov and was denied it. The guard was sent there to maintain order. , so which part of that am I supposed to defend or not defend?
@ilovebeeswarzone: There’s been similar talk before. Usually by the Army.lol Never happen.
“union thugs” sure get blamed for alot around here.
RT Enjoyed your story in #148
# 156 You seem to be defending the 1000+ adult protestors yelling at 9 kids legally going to school. Tell me I’m wrong and we’ll be on same page.
Richard Wheeler
we”ll send them packing before it”s happpen,
that is the civilian sitting at the WHITE HOUSE,
@Richard Wheeler:
I guess you’re referring to 145,
in 145 I said:
Is that what you’re referring to?
If so, my question would be: If those people wanted to have a lawful demonstration, don’t they have that right? While what they said might be in bad taste, it’s not in my nature to suspend the constitution because someone doesn’t like one particular message. All legal messages deserve equal protection. It’s not a demonstration I would have participated in.
@Redteam: 2nd Amendment Freedom of Speech??
@Richard Wheeler:
kinda depends on what you’re talking with, doesn’t it. You knew what I was asking, why did you avoid answering it. Everyone can make mistakes as in your comment 156 asking me about my 156.
@Redteam: Honestly, a strong Constitutionalist like you. Surprised you would confuse the 1st and 2nd amendments.
Free speech You good with all of Al, Jesse’s and Malcolm’ s demonstrations?
Adults spewing racial epitaphs at scared kids—cowardly
@Richard Wheeler:
Absolutely, my support of constitutional rights are not conditional on who the speaker is. If it’s legal speech, go for it.
2nd amendment provides for freedom of speech with a gun.
What about the black young people and their ‘knockout’ attacks on elderly white people? Would that also fit into your cowardly classification?
How was it you put that? Women are more likely to keep their knickers on than men are. You know some men that wear knickers, do you?
@Redteam: Lotta cowards out there R.T. Need more heros like those Little Rock kids,
Understand alot of Englishmen wear knickers. Don’t personally know any.
@Richard Wheeler:
apparently your definition and mine, of hero, is different.
@Redteam:
“racist California”
I spoke of my funemployment. During sequestration they cut the English hours to reach funemployment operators to 8am – noon. But when you called, no operators were available, and then after a few minutes wait and a total waste of syllables, an automated speech says the lines are full. Please call back.
I called many times during the four hour period. I made it a hobby over days.
Then I found this nugget on the web and it worked perfectly.
But to no avail. Once the operator hears you speak English, they tell you they can’t help you.
If you ask if they have calls in their queue, click – they hang up. Then if you call back, you are immedietly patched through. However, they hang up on you again and again.
Same person, no obvious queue and I got hung up on multiple times. That’s my experience.
/rant
@mossomo: You got time on your hands. lol When a telemarketer finds me–I ask for his home # and at what hour he has dinner. I promise I’ll call him then.
Often I’ll ask “Kevin” ” how’s the weather in Mumbai.”
My wife doesn’t find this too amusing. Maybe cus she’s from Bolivia?
@Richard Wheeler: Would JFK still be liberating women’s knickers, if he were alive today?
Ans. Yes, but not as quickly or as often.
@Skookum: He’d be 97 and still liberating women’s knickers. Will you confirm for RT that men wear knickers–surely no one you know.
Semper Fi Skooks
@Richard Wheeler: JFK was a late bloomer.
@Richard Wheeler:
RW, you can keep that info between you and Skookum, it’s not something I need to know. I stay away from that community.