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ProudBlueTexan1 year, 4 months ago
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How many of today's republicans were yesterday's Southern democrats who, when the Democratic Party embraced civil rights, jumped ship and ran their racist, bigoted asses straight to the repuglican party, which gladly received them and have nurtured them ever since?
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MajJohn1 year, 4 months ago
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Some truth here, but only some. You can't ignore the racism in the North which was not as overt as it was in the South but it was there and in many cases worse. Racism was not the only reason the Dixiecrats bolted the Democratic party, they had strong states rights views then and today even as racism has become irreverent to proceeding generations. Their views on gun control, abortion, and religion have become their new political platforms. It's ingenuous to suggest the Republican party nurtures racism any more than their Northern Democratic cousins. The 60's began a social upheaval which included movement toward the welfare state. The blacks benefited from Johnson's programs because they were poor not because Johnson was concerned about racial equality. Before he was president, as a Senator, he blocked legislation that would have improved racial relations. He was an opportunist who saw a chance to create a block of voters indentured to the Democrats.
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lum-chate1 year, 4 months ago
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Racism was definitely alive & well in the North. In the 72 Democratic primaries George Wallace won the Michigan & Maryland primaries big time to take the lead for delegates up to that point in time. He was shot that very day!
Richard Nixon became fearful of the Wallace threat & if I recall correctly suspended the policy of mandantory busing the next day!
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cushi1 year, 4 months ago
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Why are you all speaking of racism in the past tense? Racism is alive and well, across America, TODAY!!
Matter of fact, since the Bush administration came into power, it is flourishing more than ever.
It's true that it has been more blatant in the south and more covert in the north, but it has been and continues to be one of the most critical, but unaddressed, issues in our country's history.
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