do you think that the perception of the republican party has prevented some of us from swinging in that direction? or is that we know innately that there is no party that can truly represent us?
i think most of us have been raised to believe that the democratic party is the only real option for us, right or wrong and unfortunately most of us are not going to invest the effort to find out if what we are following is leading us where we really need to go. times change and we as a people need to change as well, we need to constantly reevaluate our positions and priorities.
throwing us a few bones every now and then and popping up in our churches during election time is not good enough. ideally we should have both parties working hard for our votes, it should never be a given that a party will get the black vote, that way they don't take us for granted.
also i don't think any one party can truly represent all of us all the time because we are too diverse of a people. the priorities of a black business owner are not going to be the same as a low income burger king employee. we do share commonalities but at the end of the day, it will come down to what is best for you and your family.
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