Re-Elect Your Democratic Congressman. Or You're a Racist.
I've just discovered this excellent blog, African-American Conservatives. They call themselves the "soul of the conservative movement," which I especially love.
The latest post is excellent. And full-throated. It's all about what they call "the New KKK." First, a pretty concise analysis of the African-American political map:
...securing 90% of the Black vote is as important to the Democratic chances of winning elections in 2010 as it was in 1910. For example, in the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama defeated John McCain by 8,538,559 popular votes. Among African-American voters, who went to Obama by 95% to 4%, the President won by 15.1 million votes (assuming as some observers have that 67% of the approximately 25 million African-American voters voted). If Barack Obama had won a mere 75% of the African-American vote and McCain 25%, Obama would have lost the popular vote by over 200,000.
The liberal Democratic platform is not representative of African-American views on social policies (the majority of Blacks are pro-life, support school vouchers, and are opposed to gay marriage), nor can they convincingly claim that they have successfully represented the best economic interest of African-Americans. Today, 60% of African-Americans live in urban centers, and do so in poverty. As an illustration, my hometown of Newark, NJ, is about 55% Black and has a poverty rate of 28.4%. It is a bit of a challenge to blame this state of affairs on Republicans, when Newark has not had a Republican leader since 1928.
The Democrats’ best strategy for keeping 90% of African-Americans as loyal voters then becomes to prejudice Blacks against Republicans by demonizing Republicans as racist, which works well in dissuading all but a handful of Black voters from showing support to, or identifying themselves with, the Republican Party. However, they must also be careful to prevent even the occasional African-American from espousing conservatism, and especially from being a candidate.
So now that the old KKK is a silly, backwater collection of meth freaks and losers, how does the left make sure that African-American voters are loyal to the Democratic party? Here's where it gets interesting. And a bit incendiary:
Given that the KKK has long ago declined into irrelevance, the Democrats needed a new “electoral enforcer,” a New KKK that would serve the role of the old in ensuring that “blacks to vote Democrat or not at all.”
The New KKK’s primary role is to punish Blacks who dare wander away from the Democratic Party. Their tactics involve ridicule, challenges to ethnic pride, and, occasionally, even violence. These attacks are not delivered with burning crosses and nooses, but rather with a constant haranguing from the politicians, the media, bloggers, and political operatives posing as common citizens.
Like the old KKK, the New KKK is welcome in all quarters of our government and our media. Their viewpoint is voiced to receptive audiences in the Obama White House just as surely as Birth of a Nation was aired to praise in the Wilson White House. Just as the Southern media at the time either praised the KKK, or denied their existence, our modern media is overwhelming supportive of the New KKK. In fact, the New KKK are often members of the media – reporting, commentating, or blogging for very high profile news outlets and websites. Unlike the old KKK, members of the New KKK are often Black themselves. But like the old KKK, members of the New KKK are rewarded in direct proportion to how much hate they can deliver.
Well, I'm glad they said it. And maybe it's a little out there. But the analysis strikes me as basically dead-on.
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Jul '10
Re: Re-Elect Your Democratic Congressman. Or You're a Racist.
Dunno. "New KKK" is a cute metaphor. But there's a better one, of long-standing pedigree: Judas goat.
Jul '10
Re: Re-Elect Your Democratic Congressman. Or You're a Racist.
The KKK was established as the military wing of the Democratic Party so it is not surprising that modern day Democrats would use a similar weapon in the fight for their survival. Well said and more power to the African-American Conservatives!
May '10
Re: Re-Elect Your Democratic Congressman. Or You're a Racist.
I too am glad they said it, because in this environment I don't know who else can. They have their history correct; even whites were terrorized or assassinated by the early Klan if they joined or even cooperated with Republicans. I wonder if this chapter in US history can be taught or honestly discussed in a modern university. It clashes so directly with the dominant narrative.
The comparison with today is, as you say, dead-on. Of course they will be denounced for having said it, but they have predicted that themselves and seem ready for it. Good luck friends.
May '10
Re: Re-Elect Your Democratic Congressman. Or You're a Racist.
Their point would have been better made by citing an election other than Obama's. His election was atypical in that many elected him because he's black, rather than because he's a Democrat. For the same reason, voter turnout was unusual.
Conservative pundits like to mock Glenn Beck these days, but he raised the same issue months back with a special show hosting a large panel of black conservatives.
May '10
Re: Re-Elect Your Democratic Congressman. Or You're a Racist.
Not to sound like a broken record, but I'd really like for you guys and gals to have Charles Lollar (Republican candidate for US Congress) on the podcast. I'm sure he'd have some very interesting perspectives on this issue and others.
Jul '10
Re: Re-Elect Your Democratic Congressman. Or You're a Racist.
Spot on, G.A. The cultural template is so set in stone that no grumpy white guy can break it. It must be black conservatives that do it. And not the uber-brainy Sowell/Williams types (as much as I love them). No, it needs to be black conservatives whi can convince others that so much of what matters to blacks is exactly what the right stands for.