[TaxRelief]

No, y'all haven't been paying attention. The GOP is not colorblind anymore. We have lost that battle. For instance, this month's National Republican Woman magazine proudly announces the formation of a new organization to be known as the Republican Black Women. In another example, the RNC tried to shove a "Special Outreach to Minority Voters Resolution" (with unlimited costs) down the throats of the NCGOP at their State Convention last year. (Fortunately, one well-spoken delegate pointed out that we are supposed to be the colorblind party, the question was called and the resolution was resoundly defeated.)

We were never been colorblind, at the leadership level, we were just 20 years behind the times.

[JoeSixPack1]

Wait a min! You mean that just recognizing minority voter blocks is so bad as to be akin to the demorats racial pandering?

To clarify: I believe Affirmative Action is racism.
I do not believe courting a voter block by race equats to racism.

In time, it has the possibility to go there, but the intention is sound. We have been so wound up by the race baiters we dare not touch anything pretaining to race because of histerical presstitutes spinning out of control. Race is an issue we need to come to terms with, not pander to, and not deny exist either.

[speekinout]

The GOP is not colorblind anymore. We have lost that battle.

I know what you mean. I have mixed emotions about this stuff, too. I've worked for the GOP for quite awhile now, and we always had a *few* Blacks who were treated like everyone else (according to their skills, interest, etc)
But many Blacks just didn't feel comfortable with the GOP. Now that there is a Black GOP organization, there are quite a few more Blacks working for the GOP state-wide. Some of them move over to work with the regional party organizations, and some don't yet.

It's sad that we have to do this to attract minority voters, but the other way wasn't working.