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Blue_true

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10. On the issue of race.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #8)

Sat Jul 28, 2018, 03:26 PM

Jul 2018

For the country's entire history, there has been an "even if you don't agree and are not racist, look the other way while injustice is done". People are creatures that are driven by want and fear, it took a lot of guts for a White in 1919 to defend the civil and economic rights of a Black person, or defend an American Indian in 1876, so the vast majority of Whites that were not racist chose to look the other way.

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How the Republican Party Became The Party of Racism [View all] amb123 Jul 2018 OP

Trump's Racist, Jingoistic Populism Is Why. MineralMan Jul 2018 #1

For a long time, I have read estimates that 20-35% of White Americans were vile racists. Blue_true Jul 2018 #9

It always has been. Trump just made it OK for them to be more obvious about it. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #2

It started out as the party of the abolitionists. Crunchy Frog Jul 2018 #7

True. I guess by "always" I meant in everyone's living memory. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #8

On the issue of race. Blue_true Jul 2018 #10

That's true, too, unfortunately. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #11

I agree. One thing that is clear, the GOP long ago became the party of racists. Blue_true Jul 2018 #12

I do think racism is a core value for Trump--perhaps the only one other than self-interest tblue37 Jul 2018 #16

You might want to look at the numbers mythology Jul 2018 #14

Both parties changed. Blue_true Jul 2018 #18

The racism expanded even more when the dixiecrats moved over to the repug party... brush Jul 2018 #3

Yes, this. TDale313 Jul 2018 #4

I like to phrase it this way... JHB Jul 2018 #5

Heeheehee! brush Jul 2018 #6

because the democratic party became the party of civil rights JI7 Jul 2018 #13

The picture at the top of the article! tblue37 Jul 2018 #15

Dear idiot Fox News guest, being a victim of a racism is far worse than being called a racist. Gothmog Jul 2018 #17