Reply #40: your FEARS are unfounded

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i say this several times a year, but mostly around election time, or when some black reporter quits NPR. black americans are in no more likely to join the republican party in large numbers than are black south africans likely to join the afrikaaners in large numbers...that how strongly many of us feel about republicans. as for the largesse of white liberals, everyday black folks were out there getting their asses kicked and being murdered long before the civil rights cause became popularized enough for the coalition to be formed. in other words: black people were the ones on the front lines of this battle, from start to finish, so i feel no especial gratitude to democrats or liberals.
as to the largesse of the democratic party...likewise, i don't feel especially grateful, and that other people are not being represented adequately either is equally shameful.
as for the cowardice in addressing racial issues (among other things), perhaps it's time for our political class to realize they work for us, not corporate interests. i joined the green party some years ago now, and if any party will woo african-americans, let's say it won't be the republican party.