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OK, I HAD NO INTENTIONS IN JOINING THE DEMOCRAT VS REPUBLICANS WARS WHICH APPEARS TO BE THE MAJOR CURRENT OBSESSION ON FRIENDBURST!

HOWEVER, THERE IS AN EX-MYSPACE LIBERAL WHO HAD A BLOG DELETED FOR ATTEMPTING TO SLANDER ME LOL! JUST BECAUSE I DIDN’T COMMENT ON A BLOG DON’T MEAN I’M NOT READING THEM!

JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I WAS OUT, THEY KEEP PULLING ME BACK IN, LOL LOL, LOL! 😆

IN THE BLACK-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, THEIR POLITICAL CHOICE IS OVERWHELMINGLY DEMOCRATIC. THEIR MAIN REASON FOR THAT DECISION IS THAT THEY TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN THEIR CHAMPION FOR THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THEY BELIEVE EQUALLY THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY’S MAIN AGENDA IS TO KEEP THEM FROM ATTAINING FULL CITIZENSHIP. THE IRONY IS THAT FROM THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR TO 1936, BLACK AMERICANS WERE OVERWHELMINGLY REPUBLICAN.

THE HISTORY OF AMERICA CONTRADICTS THE BLACK AMERICANS BELIEF THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS ALWAYS PRO-BLACK AMERICAN. IN OTHER WORDS, ACCORDING TO AMERICAN HISTORY, IT WAS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WHO WAS THE TRUE CHAMPIONS FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF BLACK AMERICANS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS A LONG HISTORY OF TRYING TO DENY BLACK AMERICANS THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS.

LET’S EXAMINE WHAT HAS BEEN THE GREATEST OBSTACLE FOR  BLACK AMERICANS TO ATTAIN THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS. ONE WORD, “SLAVERY”.

IN 1854, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WAS FORMED AS AN ANTI-SLAVERY COALITION. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WAS IN FAVOR OF KEEPING THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY FROM ITS INCEPTION WAS CREATED AS A PARTY OF EQUAL RIGHTS. ON THE OTHER HAND, IT WAS MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WHO WAS THE MAJOR SLAVE OWNERS. THERE NEVER WAS A MEMBER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WHO OWN SLAVES.

CONTRARY TO WHAT MOST BLACK AMERICANS WERE LED TO BELIEVE, BILL CLINTON WAS NOT THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WHO FOUGHT FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS FOR BLACK AMERICANS. THAT DISTINCTION GOES TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE 16TH PRESIDENT FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

IT WAS UNDER HIS STEWARDSHIP OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT LED THE CHARGE IN OBTAINING THE PASSAGE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1895. IN ADDITION THEY GOT THE 13THAMENDMENT (ABOLISHMENT OF SLAVERY), THE 14TH AMENDMENT (RIGHTS TO CITIZENSHIP), AND THE 15TH AMENDMENT (RIGHT TO VOTE). ON THE OTHER HAND, THE DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TRIED TO PREVENT ALL OF THE ABOVE.

THERE IS ANOTHER MISCONCEPTION ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, IN THE BLACK AMERICAN COMMUNITY. THEY THINK THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS BEEN FOR THEM, A POLITICAL PARTY OF INCLUSION. ON THE OTHER HAND, THEY THINK THE REPUBLICANS PARTY FOR THEM IS EXCLUSIVE.

DURING “RECONSTRUCTION”, FROM 1870-1877, BLACK REPUBLICANS WERE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE. ALSO, DURING THAT TIME THERE WASN’T ANY BLACK DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATION IN THE GOVERNMENT. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TRULY HAS A HISTORY OF BLACK AMERICAN INCLUSION, WHEREAS, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TRULY HAS A HISTORY OF BLACK AMERICAN EXCLUSION.

DURING THE REPUBLICAN NATION (RECONSTRUCTION), BLACK AMERICANS WERE INCLUDED IN ALL AREAS OF AMERICAN LIFE. HOWEVER, MEMBERS OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY DIDN’T APPRECIATE THAT AT ALL. BY LAW THE REPUBLICANS HAD FREED THE BLACK AMERICANS FROM SLAVERY. THUS, THE WHITE SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS COULDN’T STOP THE UPWARD MOBILITY OF BLACK AMERICANS BY LEGAL MEANS. THEIR RESPONSE WAS THE CREATION OF THE KU KLUX KLAN (KKK); WHO WERE THE FIRST AMERICAN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. THEY SET OFF A WAVE OF TERROR ON THE RECENTLY FREED BLACK AMERICANS. THEY LYNCHED BLACK AMERICAN MALES, AND THEY BURNED DOWN BLACK AMERICANS HOMES IN WHICH MANY OF THEM DIE.

DURING RECONSTRUCTION, IT WAS GENERAL HOWARD, UNDER THE REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION THAT HELP BLACK AMERICANS OWN LAND AND CREATED “HOWARD UNIVERSITY” IN THE NATIONS CAPITAL.

ON THE OTHER HAND, MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONSISTENTLY TRIED TO PREVENT BLACK AMERICANS FROM ACQUIRING EQUAL ACCESS TO BETTER SCHOOLS.

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS IN THE 1950’S AND THE 1960’S WERE PROTEST AGAINST SEGREGATION (JIM CROW LAWS). IT WAS DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS (GEORGE WALLACE, LESTER MADDOX, AND ORVAL FORBUS WHO CREATED A LIVING HELL FOR BLACK AMERICANS LIVING IN THE SOUTH.

WHAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY REWARDED BLACK AMERICANS IN 1865, WAS STOLEN IN THE 1950’S AND 1960’S. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS GIVEN CREDIT FOR THE PASSING OF PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON’S “VOTING ACT OF 1965”. THE BILL WAS FOR TO GIVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE TO BLACK AMERICANS IN THE SOUTH. AS I PREVIOUSLY STATED, THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS GAVE THAT RIGHT TO BLACK AMERICANS IN 1865.

FREDRICK DOUGLAS, HARRIET TUBMAN, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR, AND JACKIE ROBINSON WERE MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. THEIR POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EMPOWERMENT OF BLACK AMERICANS ARE LEGENDARY.

THIS BLOG IS NOT ABOUT LIBERALS OR CONSERVATIVES, IT’S A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT ON THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN PARTIES, AN BLACK AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE!

I WILL CLOSE COMMENTS AFTER THE FIRST PERSONAL ATTACK!

P.S. I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT SO-CALLED FRIENDS CRITICIZING ANOTHER FRIEND IN PUBLIC! IF YOU’RE ON MY FRIEND LIST AND HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH ANYTHING I WRITE, THAT’S WHAT E-MAIL IS FOR! I ONLY EXPECT THAT FROM MY FRIENDS NOT MY ENEMIES!