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Originally Posted by PiKA2001
Yes, democrats were NEVER racist!!!!! You ever hear of the Dixiecrats???
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Dixiecrats were members of the State's Rights Democratic Party, formed by people who left the Democratic Party (or at the least were trying to be an alternative Democratic Party) in 1948 because of Truman's formation of the Committee on Civil Rights and the Democratic Party's inclusion of a civil rights plank in their platform. Strom Thurmond became the Dixiecrat nominee for president. The party fell apart after the 1948 election, with its members for the most part returning to the Democratic Party, although many (like Thurmond) eventually became Republicans.
Not denying at all that there has been racism in the Democratic Party, but the Dixicrats may not be the best example.
BTW, how's the quitting going?
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