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**UriyVlasov** · 09-08-2008, 03:37 AM

Originally posted by Comrade Snuggles
DanS, the main reason Blacks don't vote Republican is because of the overt racism of the GOP. Unless that changes, Obama's victory will not lead to more Blacks voting for the GOP. Oh come on, at worst it could only be called covert. Even if you have the occasional Congressman calling Obama "uppity" etc., that doesn't have anything to do with the party platform.

If you're talking about policies which have the incidental effect of perpetuating racial divides I'm with you, but that doesn't add up to the normal definition of "racism." Then again, IIRC from other threads you do have a pretty wacky definition of racism to begin with.

09-08-2008, 03:37 AM	#13
UriyVlasov Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 511 Senior Member	Originally posted by Comrade Snuggles DanS, the main reason Blacks don't vote Republican is because of the overt racism of the GOP. Unless that changes, Obama's victory will not lead to more Blacks voting for the GOP. Oh come on, at worst it could only be called covert. Even if you have the occasional Congressman calling Obama "uppity" etc., that doesn't have anything to do with the party platform. If you're talking about policies which have the incidental effect of perpetuating racial divides I'm with you, but that doesn't add up to the normal definition of "racism." Then again, IIRC from other threads you do have a pretty wacky definition of racism to begin with.
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