[QUOTE="Theokhoth"][QUOTE="Dreams-Visions"]1.) relative to the number of black Democrats, there are very few black Republicans. don't be naieve. Don't expect us to be either, k?
2.) It was a stereotype that perpetuated racism. Don't try to drag me down into some simple-minded debate over semantics. it cheapens the impact of the experience.
3.) No, you just defend Republicans at every turn. Including now. As you bill this "silly GOP bashing"...except that it's not a trivial matter, and it was a vein of the GOP.
wanna try again? without trying to find ways to excuse everything done in the OP?
Dreams-Visions
1. Perhaps you shouldn't say that there are so few black Republicans, and should instead say there are few black Republicans in relation to black Democrats?
2. Stereotype =/= racism. It's that simple, even if it does help fuel racism.
3. I am not defending Republicans here; I'm saying that your accusation that this is racism is not true. You bash the GOP in just about every topic you make and are so incredibly biased that it's laughable. It gets annoying.
1.) Because there ARE very few. How about you name off all the black politicians in Washington DC that are Reublican. I'll even let you include Michael Steele. Shouldn't be hard. there are only about 8 of them. ;) Then you can tell me who in the CBC are Republicans. Again, I'll wait.
2.) Semantics. It's been used as a weapon to HURT black people. It is a tool used to perpetuate racism and racial stereotypes used to subjugate and margianalize the black Americans in order to perpetuate the idea of them as less than equal. These images existed and persisted in these ways into the late 80s. the people who put this together knew what it would hit and what it means. It really IS that simple.
3.) See #2. This was an act used to stoke the same fires of bigotry and racism we've seen time and time again. Your game of semantics is just that...a game. and a deviation from the real issue at hand. This item not only offends the black community, it offends fellow black GOPers. But this is the internet...where internet boldness like yours can persist. The reality is that you wouldn't tell a black GOPer who is rightly offended by this (like the black Republican interviewed in the OP) that it isn't racist to her face. Nor to mine. So do what you do...play your game...but expect me to sit it out. I know what it is. I've seen it time and time again. The only thing it lacks is a noose...but people like YOU would simply say that "well you know...people of all colors were hung, so...it's not a symbol of racism or our racist past...it's just a coincidence that these symobls find themselves aligned together in a way that denegrates a black man..."
3a.) The funniest part of it to me is that, I could care less if there were perpetuated by the GOP...as do you. The fact of the matter is no matter who created this I would have this very same opinion about it being wrong, racist and disgusting...and you'd sit there and issue the same defense of it. so cut the BS. It's no more about the GOP than watermelon is. It's about the continuation and abuse of historically denigrating imagry to stir up those emotions.
*hardest eye-roll ever*
You can do better than this.
Personally I think the dearth of black republicans is really pathetic. It leads to the stereotyping of black people as a lazy group that relies on welfare and other government services.
What is even more pathetic, however, is the way black republicans are treated by the liberal black community. I live in Maryland and I remember watching black people throw Oreos at Michael Steele.
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