The article is well written but incorrect. The majority of blacks believe in the same positions that conservatives do - anti-abortion, against gay “rights,” generally pro-death penalty, and even against affirmative action when it’s presented as “giving preferential treatment to one group over another on the basis of race.”
I had a young black female coworker years back that was a die-hard Democrat. In a conversation one day, I took her through the entire Republican platform, and she agreed with Republican positions all the way down the line. When I told her that we’d just gone through the Republican platform, she was understandably surprised. Then I asked her if she’d now vote Republican instead of Democrat, and she said, emphatically, “No.”
It was my turn to be surprised. I asked her why she wouldn’t vote for a party whose positions she agreed with 100%. Her answer was simple, stunning, and highly educational: “Because Republicans hate black people.”
That’s the bottom line. Democrats have told blacks for fifty years now that “Republicans hate black people.” Because the GOP doesn’t counter that lie, it continues to stand — sort of an assent by silence.
Until the GOP recognizes and addresses that fundamental issue, the black community will continue to vote 90% Democrat.
I had a similar conversation with a co-worker. Despite her conservative stance on many issues, she said she would vote for obama because he represented a much needed change. She couldn’t specify what type of change- just change.
Let’s dig deeper. If you told me I had to vote Dem. because if I did not, a Martian would come down and eat me, and I believed you, THEN I’D BE REALLY!!!!! STUPID. She votes dem not because of the lies she’s been told, but because she HAS A VERY VERY LOW IQ AND IS REALLY REALLY STUPID. Now, why do blacks as a whole vote Dem? Hmmm.
Yeah, and Kanye West just reminded them of that about 7 years ago.