Wednesday, April 27, 2005
The Minister of Minstrelsy by Max Blumenthal - Excerpt from page 3.
Given their apparent nostalgia for the Jim Crow South, the "New Vanguard" of black conservatives represents a novel trend in American politics. There have always been black Republicans, but never before have they been able to reach an
anti-civil rights consensus.
Richard Nixon's Assistant Secretary of Labor, Art Fletcher, and William Coleman, who was Secretary of Transportation for Gerald Ford, ascended through party ranks despite, and possibly because of, their vocal support for civil rights. Yet
by 1996, when delegates at the Republican National Convention heckled Colin Powell for praising affirmative action, it was clear the GOP's internal dynamics had changed. "
The Republican Party has chased out its moderate voices, both black and white, and now they're captive to the far right wing," explained Curry. "
So today the litmus test [for black conservatives] is, you must be against affirmative action or the Republicans will have no use for you." Talking about being used shamelessly and to what end.
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