Black Tea Party Express Tour Team Member Experiences Racism

LloydMarcus.com ^ | 09-16-09 | Lloyd Marcus

[Lloyd Marcus]

I traveled on the Tea Party Express tour bus as a singer/songwriter, entertainer and spokesperson; 16 states, 34 rallies in two weeks. I experienced vicious racial verbal attacks, not from the tea party protesters. The racial hate expressed against me all came from the left, people who support president Obama's radial socialist agenda.

Unfortunately, my deleted email box is littered with numerous messages expressing the following, “You are the dumbest self hating f****** n***** I have ever seen!” These racists are outraged by my opening lines I boldly proclaimed at each rally. “Hello my fellow patriots! I am NOT an African-American! I am Lloyd Marcus, AMERCIAN!” At every rally, my proclamation inspired great applause and cheers of joy and approval from the audiences. After each rally many came to me with tears in their eyes. They said, “I thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you said. I am Irish (or Italian, or Asian) American. And yet, I would never hyphenate. I feel hyphening divides us. While it is fine to honor one's origin, let's all be American first”.

The tea party audience's passionate response to my proclamation was a surprise to me. I did not know so many Americans disapproved of hyphenating pushed on us via political correctness. I rejected hyphenating years ago. One day I woke up and heard I was no longer black, I was African American. Anyone rejecting the new term was called ignorant, insensitive and an Uncle Tom if you are black. Not intending to be provocative or controversial, I casually stated that I am not a hyphenated American, but simply an American at a tea party. The audience's cheers of approval was surprising and heartwarming.

As I said, I am a singer, songwriter, entertainer and columnist using my gifts to spread the message that conservatism is best for all Americans. Liberal's response to my YouTube videos, columns and performances on the Tea Party Express have been extremely racist, vicious and hate filled. In their incredible arrogance, they vilify me for loving my country and not viewing myself as a victim of white America. In the sick minds of liberals, as a black man in America, I must support president Obama regardless of his policies. I must resent white America. I must feel entitled to the earnings of other Americans. My belief that my success or failure is totally in the hands of myself and my God is an anathema to them.

As to the claim that the tea party protesters are racist, they are not. Quite the opposite. At every rally with thousands in attendance, I was overwhelmingly showered with affection and thanks for standing up for America. At one rally, a sign read, “Lloyd Marcus for President”. These protesters are not racist. They are decent hard working oridinary Americans who love their country and disapprove of the radial changes planned by the Obama administration. Race is not an issue with them. They have deep concerns for their country.

Disgustingly, Obama-ites use race to silence the protesters. They know it is an effective weapon to use against decent people. Ironically, the people the Obam-ites call racist are the same people who hate hyphenating. They want to be united as Americans.

The grand finale of the Tea Party Express Tour took place Saturday, September 12 in Washington DC at the U.S. Capitol. I performed my song, Twenty Ten. The crowd of over a million loved it. C-Span posted my performance on YouTube. Shamefully, C-Span had to delete the hate-filled racist comments posted by Obama supporters in response to my performance. Why do so-called tolerant and compassionate liberals think it is OK to freely use the “N” word when referring to blacks who escape the “liberal plantation”?

Despite Obama-ite's hideous charges of racism, this amazing tea party movement is driven by passion, concern and love of country by the American people. A Tea Party Express “whistle stop” in Mt. Vernon, Texas epitomized the mood of the movement.

We were late leaving our Dallas, Texas rally. We would arrive late at our rally in Memphis, Tennessee. The decision was made to cancel the road side “whistle stop” in Mt. Vernon, Texas. Besides, it was only suppose to be a brief stop for a few folks to tour the bus, take pictures and give us homemade treats. Then, we received the call, “You MUST stop. There are a lot of people here!” The State Police lead our Tea Party Express Tour bus into a crowd of 500 to 800 cheering excited people. They treated us like rock stars. Totally unprepared, the truck with our sound system was on it's way to Memphis. We did not have a sound system or a stage.

We made our way through the crowd to the bed of a pick up truck. National radio talk show host Mark Williams, blue star mom Deborah Johns, singer Diana Nagy, the Rivoli Revue (Ron and Kay) and myself climbed on board. Someone handed Mark a bull horn which he used to encourage the extremely enthusiastic crowd. We said the Pledge of Allegiance and Diana lead in the singing of “God Bless America”. Many in the crowd were sobbing. Then they showered us with thanks, hugs, bottled water, bags of shacks and homemade treats. I thought, “How many angry racist mobs bake and bring brownies and overwhelm a black guy with affection and hugs?”

Once back on the bus, our team struggled to hold back tears. We felt humbled, honored and blessed. Though extremely well received at each rally, this “whistle stop” drove home the passion, love of country, and importance of our mission to preserve and Take Back America!

The Tea Party protesters are hard working decent people who love their country and want us all united as Americans. I am highly offended that this evil administration seeks to divide us, not just by race, but also by class envy. As I said to many of the audiences along the Tea Party Express bus tour, “I love you. Stay strong. Do not allow their calling you a racist to shut you up! Stand up for America. God bless you. And God bless America!”

Lloyd Marcus

“Twenty Ten / 2010” C-Span video
Play it Forward!

[cripplecreek]

True hope doesn’t have a skin tone.

[madison10]

Mr. Marcus, replied on another thread regarding your post: Thank you. Sorry you met with such trouble.

maddie10

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

Why do so-called tolerant and compassionate liberals think it is OK to freely use the “N” word when referring to blacks who escape the “liberal plantation”?

For the same reason the Dems were the party of Jim Crow and the KKK.

God bless and keep you Mr. Marcus!

[llevrok]

I always say, Democrats were the largest slave owners and, through their entilements, still act that way.

Keep up the good fight, Lloyd. From this post, I am now curious to go look on the net to learn more about you.

[JRios1968]

Keep on keeping on, Lloyd. You know you’re hitting their nerve there...

[thefoundersrock]

Thank you Mr. Marcus for having the courage to tell the truth, and for loving and supporting our country!

[RatRipper]

Thank you Lloyd. You were awesome at the Freeper Convention banquet! Sorry I didn’t get the chance to shake your hand.

[chicagolady]

Dear Marcus, Glad to know you! They call me a self-hating Mexican because I was one of the Original Minutemen on the Arizona Mexico border who called for our Govenment to enforce immigration laws.

I have also been called a race trader by OPEN BORER advocates.

We must be doing something right Marcus!!

I will stand up and defend my country, because we have got a Country to save! God Bless you Brother!!

Rosanna Pulido speaks at the 912 Project Freedom Rally

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sRaT_dDKdA

[tractorman]

You are a true patriot.
May the Lord bless you.

[WayneM]

Thanks for gracing us with your presence at our FR convention, Lloyd. It was one of the high points of our event.

You are indeed a gentleman and a true patriot, and I am thankful to have you on our side.

[subterfuge]

Thank you Lloyd!

[trisham]

Unfortunately, my deleted email box is littered with numerous messages expressing the following, “You are the dumbest self hating f****** n***** I have ever seen!”

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Holy mackerel. That's outrageous.

[Fiddlstix]

......I boldly proclaimed at each rally. “Hello my fellow patriots! I am NOT an African-American! I am Lloyd Marcus, AMERCIAN!”.....

Well Said! Mr. Marcus! Well Said!

Here's a quote from another AMERICAN

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all. This is just as true of the man who puts “native” before the hyphen as of the man who puts German or Irish or English or French before the hyphen. Americanism is a matter of the spirit and of the soul. Our allegiance must be purely to the United States. We must unsparingly condemn any man who holds any other allegiance. But if he is heartily and singly loyal to this Republic, then no matter where he was born, he is just as good an American as any one else. The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English- Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian- Americans, or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality than with the other citizens of the American Republic. The men who do not become Americans and nothing else are hyphenated Americans; and there ought to be no room for them in this country. The man who calls himself an American citizen and who yet shows by his actions that he is primarily the citizen of a foreign land, plays a thoroughly mischievous part in the life of our body politic. He has no place here; and the sooner he returns to the land to which he feels his real heart-allegiance, the better it will be for every good American.

Theodore Roosevelt
Addressing the Knights of Columbus in New York City
12 October 1915

God Bless You, Sir.

[FDNYRHEROES]

Hi Lloyd,

It was good to see you peform and hear what you had to say at the DC rally. I enjoyed singing along with you and the crowd as you sang “Twenty Ten.” Wow!

Looking at your profile, it’s amazing to see that you’ve been a Freeper longer than I have. Double Wow!

God Bless you.

[Qwackertoo]

I saw you on the Tea Party Express with coverage at Waco TX and a few other stops and the final stop in DC, God Bless you and your family. I’m sorry you had to be attacked by those who just don’t understand and never will.

[manic4organic]

Thanks for continuing to speak out. Stay safe. Lots of crazies out there.

[Maverick68]

God Bless you, good sir!

[Maverick68]

May God bless and protect you, sir!

[RWGinger]

I am so sorry you are being reviled>
I was at the Dallas stop. I saw you hug a woman who had gotten up at 3am to drive down from Oklahoma to see you.
She could have been American Indian or Hispanic or anything , I couldn’t tell, I could tell she was sweaty as were we all.
Neither her color ethnicity nor her sweatiness mattered to you. You saw a fellow American who loves our country.
THAT is what everyone sees in you

I don’t think there is a way to thank you and all the people with the TeaParty Express. The schedule was grueling.

Thank you, Thank you. This is just the beginning