Posted on 12/13/2005 12:48:50 PM PST by celmak
Historically, knowledge, wisdom, information and trust all came from the pulpit in the black community. In many ways, that trust in the man in the pulpit remains.
Enter the charlatans that we "know and love" -- Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Kweisi Mfume and others. The fact that most (if not all) of the so-called leadership are ministers is not a coincidence.
Those individuals took advantage of their trusted station to paint the "distinguished opposition" as evil, mean, heartless, and all sorts of other words.
That made it very easy to paint those blacks who dared to step outside the box that the charlatans paint as "uncle toms," "oreos," "lawn jockeys," and worse names. It helps to marginalize any and everyone on the right.
Conversely, there is a historical split from the early 20th Century: Booker T. Washington encouraged a doctrine of "doing for one's self" and "picking one's self up by their own bootstraps."
W.E.B. DuBois, pushed the idea of a "talented ten percent" taking the "lead" to go forward and pull the remainder of society behind.
I'm sure you can guess which side won.
DuBois used that concept with the formative years of the NAACP, and his followers embraced the mindset.
The single largest fallacy of that mindset is that the masses, i.e., those of us great un-washed who aren't part of the "talented tenth" are far smarter and more resourceful than many believe.
We are those who Washington felt would rise to lead not only blacks in America, but to stand hand in hand with everyone to help lead America as a whole.
We are there; we are rising.
It isn't an instant process -- God knows that I wish it were, but it isn't.
But as more of us leave the plantation of the "talented tenth," we begin to step beyond the liberal mindset and the Democratic party.
And thank God for that!
This is a Rocky Marciano vs Joe Louis fight.
Dems have been snake oil salesmen for as long as I can remember. The Pubs are too interested in positive solutions to engage in finger pointing. Fingerpointing is just not part of our make up.
Tell 'em a lie often enough and they're bound to believe it.
Most of us were in that position in the 1930s -- Southerners, Catholics, Jews, Midwestern farmers -- but the dependence has lasted longer among Blacks. There's an element of loyalty in it. It may not be justified, but Blacks were loyal to the Republicans for 70 to 100 years, so we can probably expect loyalty to the Democrats to go on for at least a little longer. When a Black Democrat scores an impressive win it helps to tie Blacks to the party in the same way that Kennedy and Carter won back Catholics or Southerners for them. In the long run it won't matter if Blacks come to see their interests better represented by another party, but that hasn't happened yet.
It looks like many White Americans have a really strong suburban bias. The suburban way of life is presumed to be the best and life in the city centers a poor alternative. A lot of these suburban chauvinists are Republicans. Is it any wonder that many in the cities gravitate to the Democrats? If you or I are strongly in favor of commuting by car and opposed to mass transit, is it surprising that those who rely on busses or streetcars for transporation will vote for the other party?
People can choose a party out of ideology, interest, or affiliation. It's the third way that most observers ignore. People don't necessarily vote for a political philosophy or for favors. They vote for the candidate or party that "looks most" like them. In a two party system, if people are convinced that one party is very different from themselves and its leaders less interested in what's important to them, they'll vote for the other party, even though it may not be the best overall choice.
It's really basic. The Democrats & MSM continuously stay on message that all Afro-Americans and fellow Democrats are VICTIMS...and WILL ALWAYS BE VICTIMS...and only the Democratic Party will take care of these victims...
Ever heard a Democrat proclaim they are not a victim?
Yours is the better theory. I have a theory that may compliment yours:
During the early 1800’s, whites in the South were, by a wide majority, Democrat. In the same way that blacks Democratic thinking is today, whites in the South, at that time, thought that menial work was “slave” work. Though there were not as many, if any, handouts from the government at the time, whites saw Republicans as caring only for northerners and taking away any handouts they would receive from the southern Democrats. Today, blacks are indoctrinated by peers, public schools, white elites, and black “leaders” that, because they were slaves once, they cannot achieve anything higher than menial “slave” work, and those that do are winners of life’s lottery. Blacks are stuck in this rut of not accepting ground level jobs, which eventually lead to higher paying jobs (I know, I’m in one), but are addicted to the government handout.
Your thoughts are greatly appreciated.
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Don't sweat it. It's getting better...albeit slowly...
Republicans were slaveholders. Lincoln was a staunch Democrat who freed the slaves.
The Ku Klutz Klan was invented by Repulicans to terroize and keep those uppity Negros in their place.
Jim Crow laws were enacted by Southern Republicans to deny those Nigrows their rights under the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments.
Rosa Parks was villified by the Republicans and arrested!
In 1964 the Civil Rights act was in jeopardy but was finally passed through the good offices and support of the Democratic Party. Expecially Senator Gore of Tennessee who's only hope was that his son would ascend to the presidency!
Rewrite History and dumb down the populace and anything is believable!
Republicans = Fathers - "When are going to get a job and quit mooching off your Mother and me?"
WOW!
LOL -- no, I don't mind.
You wouldn't believe the number of folks who have used my stuff for their presentations in college. I still get e-mails from people who either discover my blog's archives or come across my Project 21 pieces...
Good luck with your paper.
I have to ping you to this my friend. Mike is really explaining it well.
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