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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Jul 11, 2014, 10:01 AM Jul 2014

The Secret War On Black Republicans

Keli Goff

Why are racist attacks on black Republicans so underreported by the media?


There has been much written about the racial rhetoric that has permeated political discourse since President Obama took office, and the media often highlights the racially inflammatory language used by some of his opponents. But racially charged language targeting black Republicans rarely receives much coverage, further fueling conservative suspicion of the mainstream media.

Late last month, Gloreatha Scurry-Smith, a congressional candidate in Florida’s Fifth district, found that one of her campaign signs had been vandalized. Smith says she initially wasn’t surprised that one of her billboards had been defaced, but was taken aback when she saw that her face had been spray painted white on a towering 8-foot by 4-foot campaign billboard.

Though she emphasized she does not know the culprit’s motivation, Smith did say that she interpreted it as an attack on her status as a rather prominent black Republican.

“As a black conservative often times you are thought of as an Uncle Tom or perhaps a traitor to your own race,” Smith told The Daily Beast. “I didn’t want to deal with that since we have such serious issues in our district that are way more important than this sign.”

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The Secret War On Black Republicans (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2014 OP
You have to be black, viciously Christian, absolutist like them....then they may consider not being Fred Sanders Jul 2014 #1

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
1. You have to be black, viciously Christian, absolutist like them....then they may consider not being
Fri Jul 11, 2014, 10:42 AM
Jul 2014

racist to your face.

Black grifters welcome.

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