September 21st, 2012 
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For Black people to emerge from an enslaved past and years of oppression under Jim Crow laws, many Black people can be the most intolerant people you will encounter. If a Black person mentions he or she is a Republican, many Black people will begin to attack the person. They will call him or her names like “traitor,” “Uncle Tom,” “sell out,” and etc. If a Black person says he or she does not support President Obama, then many Black people will call the person the aforementioned names. You can lose all credibility in the eyes of many Blacks when you don’t support President Obama and the Democratic Party.
It’s almost like many Black people require that you be a Democrat. If you elect to be a Republican, then many Blacks are going to marginalize and demonize you. One of the many criticisms of you they will have is “you don’t know your history.” They will contend if you knew your history, then you would not even consider being a Republican.
When did it become a requirement for all Black people to be Democrats? Did I miss the memo?
Our ancestors fought and died for us all to have the freedom to make our own decisions. Many Black Democrats want to mentally enslave their fellow Black brothers and sisters by forcing them to be Democrats and to support President Obama. I guess many Black people don’t understand that Black people are not monolithic in their thinking, including in their political thought.
All Negroes don’t think alike!
Within the Black community is a sea of diversity, including intellectual diversity. The intellectual diversity within the Black community leads a small, yet significant percentage of Black people to not have a desire to be members of the Democratic Party and to lack a desire to support President Obama.
Are you able to fathom the thought that there are genuine and good Black people who have significant political differences with President Obama? Is it too much to ask to respect a Black person who does not agree with you politically?
Many Blacks are not pleased with the performance of President Obama and do not plan to vote for him, although the overwhelming majority of Black people support him and intend to vote for him. You should not, however, call people disparaging names simply because they do not intend to vote the way you vote and they don’t support who you support. You should not question their integrity simply because they don’t support him and say that they will vote for Governor Mitt Romney.
Up 4 Discussion…
1) Have you and/or do you call Black Republicans unfair names?
2) Who do you plan to vote for in the 2012 Presidential Election?
3) Why do you plan to vote for this person?
Antonio Maurice Daniels is a Research Associate in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is working to obtain his Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, specializing in Higher, Postsecondary, and Continuing Education (HPCE). His dominant research interests are the academic achievement of Black male students throughout the educational pipeline, especially Black male college student-athletes, and ecological sustainability in higher and postsecondary education. Upon graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he plans to become a university professor at an elite research university and concentrate on Higher and Postsecondary Education.
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I have been away for weeks and have not been able to follow the Up4Discussion page as I desired, but I am glad to be able to spend this date getting updated on the content. Antionio I am very political and I am a pride Democrat. I can say that I have not called a Black Republican an unfair name, but honestly I have questioned their sincere motivation and choice to be a Republican. No we all do not think the same or have the same views, but I cannot deny that I feel when Blacks elect to vote for a party that has expressed such hatred, disdain and utter disrespect for minors and Blacks what self-loving and self-respecting person of any race would support such a party? I do not want any group of people to be of any political persuasion, if that party promotes, racism, inequity, hypocrisy, and seek to be a moral compass. Honestly, Black people will always be divided because there are many of us that loath ourselves and have been mind-fucked into believing that anything we do or are is less than, even if we are the best. So, my question is why is it wrong or brought into question when we as a people can agree upon something and unite to we have to be characterized as ignored or uninformed? Politically, this is one of the few areas that we as a people can unite is
Party affiliation is not really relevant Destiny's Truth. While they exist to support a candidate for election, you don't elect a party. You elect a person to specific offices and you are quite capable of doing that without any party affiliation at all.
Which party is more racist is a terribly futile discussion. America's history has actually seen more racist Democrat affiliates amongst whites. The KKK were mostly democrats. Google JB Stoner and Georgia and you are in for a treat of recency that connects to a very racist past from democrats.
Her arguments that privilege the Democratic Party over the Republican Party on the issue of racism lack historical depth. The Democratic Party made the conscious choice to elect former head clansman Senator Robert Byrd to powerful committees in the United States Senate.
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My fundamental problem with your response is your questioning of the sincerity of the choice of Black people to be Republicans. The way in which you characterized the Republican Party is your view of the Republican Party. Black people who elect to be members of the Republican Party do not suffer from self-hatred. Your calling into question how any self-respecting person can be a Republican is one of the core reasons for the production of this piece. As to the question posed in your response, all Black people are not united politically and there is no suggestion that anyone is misinformed or ignored for being members of the Democratic Party. You are the one who has charged Black Republicans with something being wrong with them for being members of the Republican Party.
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No one is "obligated" to support any political candidate. It's simply human nature to identify with people who look like you, and minorities are historically majority democrats. Of course, when you consider things on the individual level, most people will vote for whoever they feel will benefit them most economically and provide the best quality of life, which includes national security.
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Minorities, namely Blacks, have not always "historically" been Democrats. Most Blacks were Republicans when they first started voting. They were a part of the Party of Lincoln, the Republican Party.
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) Have you and/or do you call Black Republicans unfair names?
No. I don't know of any blacks supporters to the GOP party. Not in actual presence, I don't. I've come across some Black Russians a time or two in my lifetime. Um, are these people similar to Black Republicans? Lol.
Just kidding.
Of those Black Republicans I'm familiar, I tend to understand the reasoning and semi-cultural differences surrounding such political affiliation. I've lived long enough to understand that it's all about what inside of one's heart anyway, regardless of how they're voting.
2) Who do you plan to vote for in the 2012 Presidential Election?
Barack.
3) Why do you plan to vote for this person?
No specific reason other than the fact that I want to see him serve two terms and he's black. Both men are politicians, so there's no reason to believe America isn't due for politics as usual (of course we are). But at this point in time President Obama and his brand of politics is the lesser of two evils. If, let's say, the election involved Romney vs Hillary Clinton, I probably wouldn't bother to vote.
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Indeed, it comes down to what a person has in his or her heart — not about his or her political affiliation. I do, however, think that who one votes for does give some tangible expression of what's in one's heart.
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Thinking along PARTY-LINES Solely is SEVERELY Outdated and MORONIC (Even ASININE…)
And UNLESS you KNOW Said Elected-Politician Personally (And DEEPLY At That…) then You don't really know WTF you're getting from a Purely Political Assurance Perspective becuz POLITICIANS are Worst Than LAWYERS when it comes to WAT'S REALLY REAL (Behind Closed Doors Though…)
ALL of the Black Republicans I KNOW, KNEW and NO LONGER Associate with are SELLOUTS and COWARDS Though… The VAST MAJORITY of them weer Ivy League SNOBS who constantly KISSED YT AZZ (In Order to stay in Their Good Graces…) YUP
There is NO Perfect or Right candidate for POTUS in 2012… Just the LESSER OF TWO EVILS and It's ONLY GOING TO GET WORST (From Here on Out…) YUP
You've got to get to know more Black Republicans.
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