Why dont we just cut to the chase and stop pussyfooting around? The biggest draw back to Black folks like myself who might be interested in joining the GOP and Conservitives are the racist and bigots who make up the GOP and Conservitves. I’m talking about the people like those in South Carolina who would send emails of Watermelons on the Whitehouse Lawn.
And do you have any real statistics on what percentage of “the GOP and Conservitives [sic]” engage in this kind of conduct, or are you just painting with a roller based on a few hearsay anecdotes?
If you could back that up with real statistics, you’d have a solid argument. But as it stands, all you’re doing is trading in stereotypes. And racism is rooted in stereotyping. Put another way, you’re doing to “the GOP and Conservitives [sic]” what you’re accusing them of doing with the watermelon pictures.
Just to be clear, I’m not denying that these dolts exist*. What I’m suggesting is that they represent something on the order of 10%, and if you want to look across the aisle, you can find at least that many odious and stupid people. And they are just as racist, just less honest about it.
I once knew a Black man who lived in two American cities, one in the midwest/south, and one on the west coast. He said that he preferred the one in the midwest/south because there, if a person doesn’t like you because of your race, he’ll come out and say it.
Racism sucks. You don’t get to do anything about that directly. Racism itself will only go away when a lot of other social dynamics play out, and that’s not going to happen for a long time. The question is, who would you rather be around, people who will let you know when they think you’re not their equal, or people who pretend?
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*There are several example in this thread, but even then, you can never be sure if the comments are genuine, or planted there by trolls. Just one more reason why you can’t conclude anything from anecdotes.
