I'm battle tested. I don't have any more feathers to ruffle.
,the recent voting pattern of most blacks does not suggest that this is a message that appeals to them.
True. It's not resonating. But don't stop here. Ask yourself why this is the case.
You answer that question. Think about it, then answer it. I'll wait.
LOL
Ask yourself why this is the case. [That MLK's message doesn't resonate]
Uh, that's easy. Money in the bank. A layup. Because so many people (like a lilly white*, leftwing, spoiled rotten, doesn't-even-pay-his-own-rent friend of mine who sports a "Racism Is Typical" bumpersticker on the Subaru that his daddy bought for him to drive around the country to protest the WTO) have convinced so many blacks that (and I'm quoting this friend verbatim) "racism is woven into the fabric of society," so they need special help, or special status, to have a normal life.
Of course, such people would answer your question by saying that people like me don't really treat blacks equally, when, of course, they are the ones who don't.
This may just be the cynical KayEyeDoubleDee coming out here, but, frankly, I've spent the latter third of my life contemplating this issue and I'm getting fed-up with the whole exercise. And, I'm a damn friendly cat, with a hell of a lot of patience, but I'm tired of trying to explain to my black* friends, why I'm a Republican.
(*Even having to specify the color of a particular friend's skin is nauseating)