USA Radical Black

Fried Chicken will not help the GOP – “Change” will

By Donald W.R. Allen, II – Minister of Information/USA Radical Black

How many times do you have to be “politically” knocked in the head before you learn that the usual suspects have done nothing for you? It isn’t about Democrats or Republicans anymore; it’s about forming coalitions of like-minded people. It’s okay if you voted for Obama for president. Now, put that vote to use and change your situations locally. “Look around, you’ve had the same complaints in 2004, 2006, and 2008.

Voting for the same folks (usually Democrats), has not gotten us anywhere. But the Republican Party has not let us in the tent of all-inclusion.

Look at the facts: 2 million Black families faced hunger in 2008. I.C.E. raids on undocumented persons continue largely unchallenged. Unemployment amongst all races is at an all time high.

The friends you have are two weeks from poverty and some can’t find work.  Being fiscally responsible means that wealth is spread far and wide, not just to banking fat-cats and others that need to be bailed out. If you want a better future, you should finish reading this story. In the long run, the final choice is yours.

If you’ve never experienced condescension, go to your local congressperson or state representative with a complaint. There you will discover the real meaning of the term.

How do we get the two major parties to be responsive and accountable to the people? Furthermore, how do we get the Republican Party to stop being the party of “no” and do something useful for black people?

First of all: A message to the Republican Party…Stop attacking Obama! Read More »

Tags: GOP, Leadership, Politics, RNC

Who’s Afraid of the Big Black Republican – Racism in the Republican Party

By Conor Friedersdorf – The Daily Beast

The GOP chairman’s comment that some white Republicans are afraid of him is just the latest reminder that our politics are hardly post-racial. Conor Friedersdorf on how the GOP can repair its image—and the myths the left perpetuates.

Did you hear the one about the Republican National Committee Chairman who agreed that whites in his party are afraid of talking to black people?

No joke.

“I’ve been in the room and they’ve been scared of me,” Michael Steele said. His unusual remark is the latest instance of Republican attitudes toward race making national headlines—and causing a headache for GOP officials, who are constantly trying to reverse the perception that their party is hostile to minorities.

The right should rethink its ideological commitment to the notion that racism isn’t a real problem in America anymore, even if they disagree about how it should be fought; and the left should alleviate suspicion that race is being used as an ideological cudgel by helping to stigmatize those who frivolously play the race card.

The single time the news media obsessed about racism in the Democratic Party came during the Election ‘08 primary, when several Hillary Clinton supporters in states like West Virginia were seen on YouTube, during television interviews, and on The Daily Show saying bigoted things about Barack Obama. Soon Bill Clinton himself, sometimes praised in liberal circles as “our first black president,” found himself accused of racially questionable remarks. I wouldn’t put any politically advantageous trick past Slick Willie, but I never imagined that I’d see him being called on multicultural in-sensitivities as though he were a Republican pol. Read More »

Tags: Racism, Republican Party, RNC