>>Please Larry - the GOP does not have a sterling record on race either.<<
That statement is has no basis in fact. The GOP, since its founding, has done more FOR the blacks thant he RATs, who have only done things TO the blacks.
You might want to read up on Rev. Wayne Perryman’s class action suit against the RATs for the crimes committed against blacks.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1453586/posts