Posted on 11/24/2019 3:32:37 PM PST by boycott
Most people assume that all Southern black women are liberal Democrats who can’t stand President Donald Trump.
It’s a common misperception, according to Huntsville-based executive chef Merle Phillip, who says she’s somewhat of a political “unicorn” – a conservative African-American woman who “got on the Trump train” early on.
That train is taking Phillip to Washington, D.C., this week where she’ll contribute her design and culinary skills as part of an elite volunteer team who were chosen, based on work samples, to prepare the White House for elaborate Christmas festivities including dinners, parties, and tours.
Phillip said in a recent Belle Curve podcast interview that she understands why people make snap judgments about another person’s political beliefs based on their race, but that she believes “you should never judge a book by its cover because you just don’t know.”
Being part of the decades-old tradition of decorating the White House is an opportunity Phillip said she’d have been thrilled to accept no matter who occupies the White House, though she agrees more with Trump than with former President Barack Obama.
Phillip, a mother-of-three grown children, said she was raised by “pretty Democratic parents” in New Jersey and used to be “a lot more liberal.” Her political views evolved as she matured and watched the country change.
She doesn’t believe she’s alone in that shift.
“I think the tide is changing,” she said. “There are a lot more African-Americans … who are walking away from the old Democratic guard, which is surprising but not surprising. …I often say to people, it’s safe to come out of the closet. You can embrace who you are.”
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I’m just in shock the Newhouses allowed this in print.
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Since Nov 17, 2019
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You haz a smell, n00b.
Calm down, dude. As I said, from what I have seen, there does appear to be a genuine movement among black Americans toward, at least, having some doubts about Democrats. Now, as far as GOP goes, as I said, the movement tends to be toward Trump specifically, not the GOP in general, and may only affect his re-election in the short term, not all the elections. We’ll see. In the long term, anything is possible.
I follow many black female Trump supporters on Twitter. There is also a movement started by a gay hairdresser from NY called “Walk Away” in which he and others are working to convince blacks and other Democrats to “walk away” from the Democrat party. Go to YouTube and search “Walk Away” - many (former) Democrats telling their stories about what they are walking away from the Democrat party.
It not a trend at all. When you see a black person there is 90% chance that they are a Democrat. Same with LEGAL immigrants that get citizenship. They too vote for Democrats 90-10.
We haven’t had a Republican President actually and aggressively target the Black vote in eons. No one here is seriously suggesting we’re going to emancipate half their voters from the Stalinist Slave Plantation. But the point is to try to crack it by any means. Not doing or not trying is aiding and abetting what’s been done to the Black community by the Demonrat party.
Simply put, it is NOT a waste of time.
End Affirmative Action now!!!
Wow. Mighty impressive.
They aren’t anti-trump, they are anti-Republican. Republicans are black people kryptonite.
Asking for their vote is not pandering. No one here is remotely suggesting pursuing a leftist agenda for Blacks with the Republicans. They’ve already been severely damaged by leftism. Doing nothing is not a viable alternative.
Pandering to human base tribal instincts is not what the Republicans should do.
If Trump was a democrat, they would love him. Truthfully, I don’t believe Trump identifies that much with either party. He’s his own man.
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