Quote:Ok so blacks during slavery were Republicans until the 60's. LBJ was a Democrat who opposed the civil rights act. 

 

The question still remains, what is the percentage of minorities representing the Republican Party?

I wouldn't even know where to begin to find that information since you're talking about all elective offices.

 

What I do know is that if you look at the current crop of candidates that are at least considering a run for the White House, there's no minority bloc of candidates gearing up to run as democrats.  That's not the same on the republican side.  Even a liberal rag like The Daily Beast has recognized this as a problem for democrats.

 

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/20...-real.html

 

If the concern is about getting more minorities elected to office, democrats should open their eyes and start to recognize that their elected officials are feeding them a line of bull when they try to act as if they're champions for the minorities regardless of color.  The reality is, those elected officials who are trying to maintain their power rely on a growing dependent class in order to retain their positions.  They use fear tactics like the bogeyman taking away their entitlements when there is a proposal to slow the rate of growth (not cut, just slow the rate of growth) for entitlement programs.

 

Democrats portray themselves as the party of the little guy.  They try to paint republicans as the party of the rich.  The reality is, both parties are all about money and power.  The more of each they can secure, the better. 

 

Blacks, including MLK, were republicans through the 60's.  LBJ wasn't the only democrat to oppose civil rights.  That was a very common thread for democrats in the 60's.  If it wasn't for republicans, Civil Rights would have died in committee as democrats opposed it at every turn. 

 

Why minorities have gravitated to the democrats since the 60's has more to do with the intense use of subsidies and entitlement programs to create a dependency class in America.  The larger they could build that class, the more likely it is they'd be able to assure their own political survival.  Why do you think democrats (actually PROGRESSIVES in both parties) are so willing to support amnesty for millions of illegals?  It's not because they're kind hearted souls who care about illegals.  They simply see that as an opportunity to create a permanent voting bloc that will assure progressives remain in power in perpetuity.  Progressives  need as many people depending on the government as possible.  It is where they derive their power.  It's a real weapon to wield in elections when you can say the evil republican is going to take their entitlements from them. 

 

Progressives use soft racism to maintain their power over the ignorant masses.

 

You sit here and say 80% of republicans are racist.  Show me proof of this number, or admit you're just manufacturing statistics based on nothing more than your own ignorance. 

 

BTW, none of this has anything to do with the topic.  The frat boys who were involved in this were idiots.  Odds are quite a few of them are democrats considering that during the last national election, 55% of millenials identified themselves as democrats or democrat leaning.  So, more than half of those frat boys were simply perpetuating the storied heritage of racism associated with the party they belong to. 

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