It does provide the opportunity to point out that until the 1960’s most blacks were Republicans and that the Democrat party was the party of Jim Crow and the Klan was their para-military wing.
They now have them on a plantation of a different kind, government give-aways.
Yes... and it’s demeaning, very demeaning.
I know the temptation of a “pet” situation myself, and I view it with mixed feelings. A crutch might help you get better from a broken leg, but you also don’t want to be using the crutch forever.