Ever since the Civil Rights laws were passed in the 1950s and 1960s, black Americans have supported the Democrats in overwhelming numbers. Blacks are the key demographic in every winning coalition that the Dems have put together. That's strange enough since the Democrats are the party that supported segregation, the KKK, and Jim Crow laws. It's even stranger since essentially all the opposition to the civil rights laws came from Democrats. Nevertheless, one the civil rights laws passed, the Democrats claimed to be the guardians of black America, and they got the votes as a result. In many predominantly black cities, Democrats have ruled for many, many decades.
There's a problem, however. In the fifty years since the civil rights laws were passed, there has not been much of anything done to reduce the economic gap between white and black America. This is particularly true in those same cities where the Democrats are totally in control. Every election year, the Democrats condemn the Republicans as racists, even though that is a false charge. Every election year, the African American voters support the Democrats in overwhelming numbers. All the rest of the time, the Democrats take the black vote for granted.
Even the few things that the Democrats have put in place have been detrimental to the black community. Look at abortion, something that the Democrats support nearly in unison. Black babies are aborted at more than three times the rate for whites. Look at welfare structures that reward families where there is no father present. How much is that structure to blame for the dissolution of the black family in the USA? There's much more, but it's hard to find something the Democrats have done in the last 50 years that actually helped their black supporters.
Lately, things have been looking up at least economically for blacks. Black unemployment keeps hitting record low numbers. And this is happening under President Trump and the Republicans. One has to wonder if some of the black community will realize that the story that the Democrats have been pushing for the last 50 years just isn't true. Remember, if only 20% of the black voters switch to the GOP, the Democrats won't win another national race for decades to come.
Let's hope the voters wake up to reality.
There's a problem, however. In the fifty years since the civil rights laws were passed, there has not been much of anything done to reduce the economic gap between white and black America. This is particularly true in those same cities where the Democrats are totally in control. Every election year, the Democrats condemn the Republicans as racists, even though that is a false charge. Every election year, the African American voters support the Democrats in overwhelming numbers. All the rest of the time, the Democrats take the black vote for granted.
Even the few things that the Democrats have put in place have been detrimental to the black community. Look at abortion, something that the Democrats support nearly in unison. Black babies are aborted at more than three times the rate for whites. Look at welfare structures that reward families where there is no father present. How much is that structure to blame for the dissolution of the black family in the USA? There's much more, but it's hard to find something the Democrats have done in the last 50 years that actually helped their black supporters.
Lately, things have been looking up at least economically for blacks. Black unemployment keeps hitting record low numbers. And this is happening under President Trump and the Republicans. One has to wonder if some of the black community will realize that the story that the Democrats have been pushing for the last 50 years just isn't true. Remember, if only 20% of the black voters switch to the GOP, the Democrats won't win another national race for decades to come.
Let's hope the voters wake up to reality.
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