Posted by
I'll Be Right Black on Sunday, April 19, 2009 8:12:50 PM
In my last article I gave some evidence that the Republican Party was the instrument of black freedom and the Democratic Party was the instrument of black slavery prior to the Civil War. Here are some common objections to my previous questions.
1. That was the past, now the Republicans are the party of the bigots and the rich.
2. Republicans are just for corporations and Democrats are for the little guys.
3. It was a Democratic President who enacted the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
4. The Civil Rights Leaders are all Democrats.
Now, let me preface these answers with this, you must have a good relationship with the person you are talking to. If you do not have a good close relationship with this person read the arguments below and save up the knowledge and work on the relationship first. Talk about the things you agree on first and then you will earn the right to move on.
Lets answer the first two assertions. These are typical Democratic arguments but the arguments themselves are bigoted and based on class warfare. Is it really us against them? I thought we were all citizens of the same USA. Are we saying that the Republicans are for Oprah Winfrey or Bill Cosby? No, the Republicans have made it clear that they are for personal responsibility and equal rights for all, including Oprah and Bill. Both Oprah and Bill have made millions of dollars from people who belong to both parties. Just because they are rich doesn't make them affiliated with one party or the other, their party choice is a free right they exercise as American's.
You might also ask your friend which “little” guy it is they work for. I hope that they will see that party affiliation has very little to do with economic achievement. If it did then why would Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Warren Buffet, George Soros and Oprah Winfrey some of the richest American's all identify themselves with the Democratic Party? Not to mention over 90% of television and movie personalities say they vote Democratic. It is also true that most reporters of the “objective” news we read and see on television are registered Democrats. Is this what they mean when they say Democrats are for the “little” guys?
Let's examine the last of our common objections. Look closely at the Civil Rights Act and you will see Republican written all over it. It is not the president who enacts legislation but it is the legislative branch of government who does so. President Eisenhower wanted to sign into effect a very similar Civil Rights Act in the 1950's but was blocked repeatedly by a Democratic Congress. When the votes were tallied in 1964 for the adoption of the Civil Rights Bill 80% of the Republicans voted for it and many of those who didn’t did not do so because they thought it did not go far enough! Also, if we look at the make up of the Civil Rights Movement we will see that most of the prominent civil rights activists prior to the 1960’s were Republicans including the grandfather of the movement Frederick Douglass. Others include Booker T. Washington, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth and even Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his father. These people understood that it was important to stand with those who stand with you. Somewhere along the road blacks have forgotten to do this or they have been educated in schools that practice the revisionist history of the left. This is the history that leaves out or changes the truth.
If you look at the track record of today’s black leaders you will see the finest dress people around doing the “heavy” lifting against racism. Funny thing is they only lead in front of a camera or where money to their organization is involved. They are known to shake down the man and pocket the money. With leaders like this who needs to worry about racism?
Okay, ask your black friend to do some research of “first hand” documents that show which party supported them in the past. If it is the Republican Party then why are they voting for some Johnny come lately when the Republican Party did all the heavy lifting?