As long as black Republicans or conservatives are referred to as Uncle Tom’s by most of the African American community, I don’t think things will change for the GOP. Blacks criticize the Republicans for not having more minorities in the party…yet, those blacks who do join the party are ridiculed or called names for doing so.
I think some kind of public relations campaign, by black (and Hispanic) Republicans, male and female, explaining why they are Republican, would be a good idea. Because, right now, most people don’t know what the party stands for. I think if you’d ask most blacks and young people today, they’d say the party stands for rich, racist, warmongers, who only care about the well to do, and want to take away a woman’s right to choose.
The funny thing is, most blacks I know (and I’m black) are quite conservative, at least socially, and are just as religious as the so-called religious right.
