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Originally posted by enlightenment06
I think that's because most Black Americans don't want to "conserve" the old ways of the United States; but really most Black Americans are conservative, we just don't like the Republican Party. The Republicans don't really attempt to speak to the issues that affect the everyday lives of alot of Black Americans in a manner that's receivable to us. As far as political parties go, if the Republicans started focusing racial profiling, equal opportunity hiring practices, and poverty as part of their core issues, I'm sure plenty of Black Americans would rethink some of their political leanings. Those aren't liberal vs. conservative issues, but do effect the everyday lives of Black Americans.
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I read in a paper (forgot which one) that Bush's faith-based initiatives were designed in part to appeal to African-Americans.
But, in regard to the Southern Baptist Convention--they were formed in part as an attempt to maintain the status quo; they opposed the national body's opposition to slavery and its prohibition within the United States (among other things), and broke off. That unwillingness to change strikes me as conservatism.
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