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Originally posted by southernelle25
Because African Americans are rather conservative, the GOP wouldn't necessarily have to fight an uphill battle for our votes. The problem, IMO, is their perceived stance against civil rights and affirmative action measures.
I also believe that African Americans need to shake things up a bit. What's the worse that could happen? As a minority among minorities, we are frightfully close to becoming irrelevant in big-time politics. 
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That pretty much has happened in California, even though the state leans Democrat now.
Cali's total AfAm population is only 7% and has become spread out because many of us are at least middle-middle-class and can move out of historically black areas (such as what happened in Los Angeles post-Rodney King). There are virtually no blacks in the state Senate or Assembly now.
Also the Latino population is growing and the dominant minority in all aspects of life -- not just politics -- in San Diego, my city, the putative R&B/hip-hop stations play reggaeton. That wouldn't happen in Atlanta, but I digress.