Comments on: Oxymoron: Black Republican…

By: independent voter

independent voter — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:37:33 +0000

Last time I checked, the Democratic Party has run us into the ground. As Spike Lee said in School Daze “Wake UP” People!

By: Darrick

Darrick — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:39:21 +0000

@John, so you wish to redo in the GOP what has already been accomplished in the Democratic Party…last time I checked, we are running the Democratic Party. Silly. You are just a contrarian who will NEVER be satisfied. Why should we abandon our house when we have progressed it this far. Look up Silly. We are running the Democratic Party. Easier to change those who hate you or those whom u are already compatible with. You’re a contrarian, I already know what you would do. You’d keep beating your head against the GOP wall.

By: John Langston

John Langston — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 09:36:52 +0000

Do Black Liberal Activists Prefer an Anti-Black GOP?

Fealty to the Democratic Party remains the top priority of a great many black activists, whose worst fundraising nightmare is a GOP that isn’t adamantly hostile to urban or black issues. Blacks spend millions to get Democrats elected yet not one dime to influence the direction of the GOP.

The Hispanic community is doing in the GOP what black folks complain about — they are joining and changing the Republican Party. Throwing bricks from afar won’t change anything. Our community is losing power and influence. In a few years, the Hispanic population will politically have more political power because they didn’t let fear stop them.

Bashing Republicans for not doing outreach or because some say mean things is not an excuse for blacks not to try to find ways to influence this Party. Where you like it or not, it is the second most powerful political party in the world. If you sit it out and not have a say in how it runs it affairs, it will be our community that suffers in the end.

Keep relying on the Democrats and see what happens. The jokes on us.

By: John Langston

John Langston — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 03:06:28 +0000

Black Liberals seek ways to obliterate racism, Black Conservatives seek ways to thrive in spite of it.

By: Halston Morgan

Halston Morgan — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:36:16 +0000

Ive just been introduced to the political process and its ups and downs, and I believe that no matter what political party you are a part of, you will be answering to the same people. Republican or democrat, left wing or right, its all the same bird. I wouldnt be surprised if one day, like every other entity in America, they both just merge together and become known as the “Republicrats.”

While Repubs have a track record detrimental to the African American, im sure democrats feel just as negative about it when it comes to our advancement. Just look at how Barack Obama denounced a minister whose pulpit he sat infront of for more than ten years? Why? To make the white majority happy. Pat Robertson, a famous conservative minister, has the ability and political pull to say anything he wants, detrimental to a race or not, and those politicians who support him are never asked, or like Obama, forced to denounce his friendship and membership.

I think dems have a portrayal of the black and brown person just as negative; the only difference is a repub will call you out of your name to your face, a dem would be friendly, and call you out of your name in private. The dynamic we as black and brown people face is monstrous, but Goliath got defeated…

And to Mr. Garcia, nobody wouldnt call whites euro-american because the media has fueled people with the spirit of separatism; a mental construct that looks for differences instead of similarities- white, black, christian, jew, gay, straight, and then some. Also, rich whites practically run the show, including the media, and these plutocrats won’t call themselves euro-american, so why would their subjects on the news stations do it?

Peace and love.

By: Darrick

Darrick — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:09:20 +0000

Excuse me…Eduardo Garcia….Damned autocorrect!

By: Darrick

Darrick — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:08:24 +0000

Why does Edward Garcia hag an opinion on what I call my own people?

Darrick (African-American and the last time I check my skin was brown) Herndon

By: Eduardo Garcia

Eduardo Garcia — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:12:06 +0000

What would you call the race of a black person living in Canada or England?
African Canadian? British African? You see how silly it gets. Just say Black, is that so terrible??

By: Eduardo Garcia

Eduardo Garcia — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:10:05 +0000

Pleeease stop using the term African American to denote race; it is incorrect on so many levels. The term would refer to the CULTURE not race. There are caucasians and Asian races from Africa, and the term could be used for someone from Africa who has recently become American. You would not refer to someone of the Asian race as Chinese American or the caucasian/white race as EuroAmerican when denoting race? Why this silly PC description? It’s not correct scientifically or any other way when describing race. Just as the term Hispanic is inccorectly used in the media to describe race; there are people of all races who belong to the Hispanic CULTURE.
The African American Community…correct, as it describes the culture and community, not specifically race.
” The racial population of blacks” would be correct usage here because it refers specifically to race.