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i'm magic wand in america there are two
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parties that make up the real foundation
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of the political system as we know it
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today the democrats and the republicans
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the whole country's got a up
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mentality man we all got a gang
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mentality republicans are idiots and
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democrats are idiots the
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fundamental difference between the two
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is that the democrats believe in
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citizens determining public policy while
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the republicans feel that the policy
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power needs to be in the hands of the
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elite a private government versus a
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public government aka more versus
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limited additionally both parties have
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opposing stances on social dynamics such
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as gay marriage and abortions as well as
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tax laws and how tax laws should be
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applied these principles have been
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consistent since the creation of both
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parties the two parties dominate
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election cycles every four years in a
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competition with one another for the
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power to enact different strategies and
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policies to accomplish some of the same
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goals i got some i'm concerned
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about i got some i'm liberal about
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crime i'm conservative prostitution i'm
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liberal when it comes to black people
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our involvement in the political system
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in this country has been very
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complicated from the very beginning
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however for the last 50 years african
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americans have been very loyal to the
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democratic party which a lot of younger
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african americans are puzzled by this is
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in contrast to the early political
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association with the republican party
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we're going to take it back and look at
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the relationship of both parties to see
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why the majority of black people switch
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from republican to democrat blacks were
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in alignment of the republican party
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when it was first created republicans
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were the ones who ultimately opposed the
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institution of slavery as a mean of
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business aka pro-abolition for the
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country
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and with this very general fact it was
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already understandable why they were in
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support of the republicans
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an article entitled the republican party
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and african americans the real history
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by david greensburg he states founded in
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1854 the republican party promoted
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african american equality for its first
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two decades abraham lincoln and the
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radical republicans in congress fought
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to end slavery and give black men full
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citizenship for that much bush and
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company can claim a worthy lineage the
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formal election of the republican
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president abraham lincoln provided black
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men at least with some level of social
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access the election and the presidency
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of abraham lincoln is the foundation of
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the relationship between the republican
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party and black people at the same time
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the democrats were in favor of slavery
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as they were the primary breadwinners of
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the economy due to the capital created
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by free labor
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after the victory of the union army in
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the civil war we begin to see the
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prominent individual black republicans
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gain power perhaps the most famous of
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this group is frederick douglass douglas
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was a staunch reporter of the republican
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party and had lofty status as a orator
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and activist during the same time of the
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party's creation according to a piece
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entitled a perspective of an
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african-american republican in tarrant
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county by chaplain rich stoglin
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frederick douglass serves as a confidant
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to abraham lincoln and is credited by
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the general public as the reason for any
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social gains given to african americans
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by lincoln he's famously quoted saying i
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am a republican a black guy and wolve
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republican and i never intend to belong
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to any other party than the party of
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freedom and progress this overall
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sentiment was shared with many members
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of the black community at the time a
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stark's contrast from the current
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perspective we have on republicans it
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says a lot
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that republicans only like a certain
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type of black man tell me there's a
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justification for herman cain being
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considered for the fed tell me that ben
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carson should be in charge of hud
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because he lived in the project there
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was another rising public figure out of
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the state of texas who was in support of
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the republican party by the name of
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william madison mcdonald he was the
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first black millionaire from texas and
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his biggest social priorities were the
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advancement of blacks poor whites
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hispanic and the dynamic of chronic
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unemployment in a groundbreaking move he
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would go on to open up four four's first
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african-american bank in collaboration
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with the freemasons to further highlight
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how beneficial this association between
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blacks and republicans was a quote by
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reby kerry referenced by the stoglin
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article states
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in 1890 bill mcdonald was appointed
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county chairman of the republican party
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most blacks were republican at the time
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in 1892 he was among the 120 black
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delegates to the republican national
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convention in minneapolis minnesota in
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1894 he was made state chairman of the
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republican party in texas tom proved
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that bill mcdonnell was a crafty
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politician a troop businessman and a
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believer in self-help considering the
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current political landscape that blacks
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have to the democratic party it could be
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quite surprising to learn that the
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republican party was more responsible in
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playing a more significant role in the
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struggle of freedom yet this beneficial
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relationship will only last for about 10
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to 15 years in the greenberg article he
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states as early as 1876 not 1960 as the
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philadelphia commissioner suggested gop
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leaders begin to abandon black americans
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in that year's presidential election
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ohio republican rupert b hayes agreed to
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withdraw federal troops from the south
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in exchange for southern democratic
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support also known as the compromise of
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1877. democrats seize power in the south
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and ushered in legislative segregation
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this dynamic set the foundation for what
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would be known as jim crow laws in the
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south and can be seen as the foundation
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of the current relationship between the
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black community and the republican party
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subsequently black people began to flee
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to northern states aka the great
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migration from 1910 until 1940 where
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democratic political organizers were
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said to be more welcoming
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while the republican party began to
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enact heavy segregation this trend would
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continue into the 20th century during
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the presidency of franklin d roosevelt
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the great depression was a catastrophic
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economical period where many americans
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were suffering financially during
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roosevelt's turn unfortunately blacks
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were in the worst conditions and
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received measurable gains as a result of
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policies signed by roosevelt one of
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those policies was the new deal
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this point is further validated in the
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aforementioned article by greenberg in a
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statement saying the black ship to the
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democratic party crystallized on the
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president franklin d roosevelt though
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fdr won just 23 percent of the black
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vote in 1932 he subsequently expanded
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that support with his relief policies
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the depression affected black americans
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disproportionately in programs such as
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civilian conservation corp and public
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works administration
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gave them much needed aid according to
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the huffington post article fdr also
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desegregated the military and other
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social institutions which certainly gave
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him plenty of favor with the black
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voters the most recent political
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occurrence that solidified the
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relationship between blacks democrats
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and republicans was the 1964 civil
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rights bill an excerpt from the origins
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article states the following the foes of
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the 1964 law includes rising gop stars
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as arizona senator barry goldwater and
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texas senator asperant and future
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president george h.w bush
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goldwater ambush foresaw their future
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election successes rested on the
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southern and western conservatives this
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statement perfectly exemplifies the
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current perception many blacks have of
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the republican party in their
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conservative values and even more
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obvious examples of political aggression
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from republicans was stated in the next
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passage of the article and state in his
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1964 presidential bid goldwater ran
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operation dixie which quartered southern
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whites and seated the black folk
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entirely goldwater lost badly but four
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years later the approach worked
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republican richard nixon won in the 1968
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election on the southern strategy that
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stressed law and order and tapped into
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the white anxieties about black violence
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this strategy of black voter abandonment
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and white fear manipulation has been
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highly effective in years of
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conservative republicans success it was
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during the civil rights movement where
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this strategy was introduced and when
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the exact current relationship between
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the democrats and african-american
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communities came to be since then in the
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following decades we have seen an
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implementation of the black community
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automatically voting blue out of
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tradition this dynamic has caused plenty
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of debates in our community on voting
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out of strategy versus voting based on
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old outdated perceptions and from social
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pressures to do so in another article
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entitled why so many black voters are
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democrat even though they aren't liberal
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by sheriff laird and ismael wright they
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reported on the analysts conducted by
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the american national election study
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that was aimed on gauge why people voted
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the way they did and if social pressures
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could be a strong determining factor in
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voting decisions
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the articles state the following results
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from the a-n-e-s
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interviewers asked respondents
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face-to-face which party they identify
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with we then look at the race of the
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interviewer in the race of the
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respondents to see if black respondents
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generally answer differently depending
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on who asked the question
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we concluded black respondents were more
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likely to report that they were democrat
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when they were with a black interviewer
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96.4 percent than a non-black
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interviewer 83.9 percent or online
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survey 85 percent public figures such as
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kanye west and candice owens as a few
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examples have expressed frustration by
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what they feel is a blind support for
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democrats and the ones that doesn't have
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enough merit
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some feel we should change allegiance to
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either side while others feel our
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legions should change merely based on
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how well each party truly serves our
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most crucial needs every four years a
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growing discussion in the black
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community especially with the election
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of trump is the usage of the often
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ignored third party option of running as
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an independent candidate due to the
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difficulty of self-financing a campaign
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most aspiring politicians choose to side
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with one of the two usual parties
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organizations like bernie sanders and
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angus king however an independent
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candidate as the name suggested would
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have full control and would not have to
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adhere to any of the rules of either the
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republicans or the democrats
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since the inception of this country we
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have been trying to find out what is the
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best way for us to gain liberty and
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freedom multiple strategies have been
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implemented with various degrees of
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progress and results when it comes to
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the topic of american politics there are
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always going to be passionate
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discussions surrounding how and if we
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should use as a tool there are many
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black people who dismiss the entire
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political system as a fundamental flaw
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of american society meaning that the
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participation of it will have no real
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effect on black liberation in the same
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sense
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others feel that participating in a
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two-party system give us a better
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vantage point into how the problems
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operate therefore giving us better ideas
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on how to find solutions for the
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problems both of these arguments have
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heavy merit and makes sense to their
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perspective
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maybe it's true that both of them can
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happen at the same time and be just as
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effective in their own way black people
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went from being strongly republican to
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strongly democrat
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maybe the next logical step is for us to
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be strongly independent only time will
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tell
