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Why Black conservatives don't stand a chance


Black people are more conservative than White people on social issues and many are conservative in general, but polls show even those that self identify as conservatives still vote Democrat. Black conservatives like Larry Elder are ignored by the media and demonized by the White liberal establishment so unfortunately most Blacks are never exposed to the voices of people like Thomas Sowell etc. But why is that? I think The White liberal establishment hate Black conservatives so much because they fear that they present a gateway towards resentment against Blacks. Black conservative position is that problem of the African American community are the results of Black life choices rather than White racism, so the Blacks themselves are responsible for them. Since those problems cost White people money, there is a legit fear among White liberals that if those views become dominant, so too will some degree of White resentment against Blacks. So the White liberal elite will never listen to and always demonize Black conservatives as "uncle Tom's" and "internalized racists" etc. Not because they can back up those claims, but because they fear the consequences these ideas can have on the White collective psyche in terms of their attitudes towards Blacks.

And why do most Blacks who see themselves as conservatives still vote Democrat? The answer is simple. The Republican party is seen as anti-Black and the Democrats are the party of Blacks. In simple terms, the Democratic party hold that Whites owe Blacks and that wealth should be transferred from Whites to Blacks. By voting democrat, Blacks are voting their racial interests.

Both of those problems are very deep and stem from the fact that Whites and Blacks live in the same country and likely won't go away until this is no longer the case. As long as Blacks and Whites live together, there will always be fear among the liberal establishment that conservative ideas on race will lead to racism among Whites. And as long as Whites and Blacks live in the same country, Black conservatives will continue to vote Democrat. (Something like 90% of all Blacks vote Democrat).

Now if Whites and Blacks were to hypothetically separate and stop living together this would all change. Black vote would split roughly 50-50 between Liberal - Conservative. The Democratic or the left wing party wouldn't be seen as transferring wealth from Whites to Blacks because there would be no Whites and Blacks would stop voting for them. And there would be no fear among the establishment that notions of Black responsibility would lead to racism against Blacks, because again there would be no Whites. Black conservative ideas on responsibility would start being listened too and attitudes towards family, drugs, religion, authority and sexuality in the Blacks community would likely change.

But as long as Whites and Blacks live together, most Blacks will see Thomas Sowell's and Larry Elder's as tools of the White man. Blacks who were hired by the man to make Blacks vote against their racial interests.

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It's hard to believe a man of Sowell's intelligence is marginalized by the black community. But he is. Doesn't say much for the black community.

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Simple: liberals would never vote for a Republican and conservatives would never vote for a Black man.

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I would definitely vote for a Black conservative like Elder. Conservatives would vote for a Black man.

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I'd vote for a Black conservative in a mili-second over any White Dem. Regarding the OP's post above, too many Blacks are told when they're young(I had a few tell me this)to ALWAYS vote Dem, and don't trust Whites. Trump had the lowest minority unemployment numbers in history...don't matter, too many are brain-washed. Funny thing is, Trump did much more for them than Obama, but don't matter, as they are spoon fed. Do you really think the Dem leaders want Blacks to think for themselves? Trump rec'd NAACP awards years ago, and has many minorities working for his businesses...don't matter, b/c Dem leaders/big Media says he's a racist, and most of them believe it. Really a pity, but they must get off the Democrat Plantation.

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