In a USA Today
article titled "Black vote up for grabs in 2016 if GOP adapts," DeWayne Wickham quotes
NAACP President Ben Jealous:
“The status quo, minus Obama, could be a disaster for Democrats in 2016.”
Well, that’s refreshing.
Wickham goes on to interpret Jealous’s statement:
“In other words, without Obama at the head of the ticket, Republicans will have an opening to get a larger share of the black vote if they commit to a targeted effort to solve the problems that disproportionately afflict blacks.”
Of course, that’s not what Jealous’s statement says. Jealous
implies that black voters recognize that the status quo is unsatisfactory, but
voted in favor of “unsatisfactory” on behalf of Obama; however, they will allegedly
draw the line once Obama is gone.
Furthermore, what problems are Wickham referring to: the rash
of single mothers and fatherless children, violence in black communities and black
on black crime, lack of proactive effort and reliance on outside forces (Democratic
leaders) for internal problems, what? How are Republicans going to solve those issues
for the black community?
Jealous has also been quoted saying the Democratic party
“must quickly figure out how to motivate [black] voters who – if Obama is not at the top of the ticket – simply go away.”
“Republicans…must find a way to appeal to a significant number of black voters…”
“When it comes to issues such as civil rights and equality, 87 percent of African-Americans polled declared that GOP concern was either “just talk,” or simply didn’t exist.”
Mr. Galloway, like Mr. Wickham, attempts to legitimize the
position, and he similarly fails to recognize that Jealous is plainly
indicating that the black Democrats that mustered to put Obama in the White
House voted along racial and party lines, as Obama and his party knew they
would, and once Obama is gone those voters are likely to just go home rather than entertain voting again, period.
It is an ugly reality, but reality nonetheless.
Wickham’s re-interpretation, like Galloway’s, reveals the propaganda message used to put black voters beyond
Republican reach: only Democrats care and strive on behalf of blacks in the U.S. Of
course, black voters don’t ask, and Democratic leaders don't tell how or
why the two most revered, iconic political and historical champions of the
black community (President Lincoln and Reverend King) were both Republican; or
why Malcolm X loathed the Democratic party; or why the values of the Democratic
party are wreaking havoc on black communities; or why the Democratic policies
have yet to provide promised prosperity and the perception of equality they so vehemently
deny their black constituents.
Allow me to reiterate that the President of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People admitted that black voters were
solicited and mustered by their leaders to purposefully vote along racial and
party lines for a recognized unsatisfactory status quo.
So, recap:
Democratic and black leaders point black voters in the
direction of failure. Black voters pursue failure at the behest of Democratic
and black leaders. Failure impacts black voters while entrenching Democratic and
black leaders. Republicans get blamed for failure, further ingratiating black
voters to Democratic and black leaders. Democratic and black leaders continue
to “lead” black voters, and black voters continue to follow.
Yet, according to Wickham, Galloway, and black communities
across the nation, it’s the Republicans that need to change.
It explains why black Americans voted so heavily for “change
we can believe in”…twice (and it wasn't change at all).
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