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Originally Posted by Archaea
Republicans would fall all over themselves to get an acceptable black candidate. You'd see one big circle jerk if one materialized.
The issue is this, if one is black and black in terms of cultural identity not in terms of skin color, one is already insular and disconnected from the majority.
Many white subcultures are already connected to the majority, so for a white candidate to reach out to blacks, he is necessarily narrowing himself.
Minorities need to shed their ethnic status to join the majority but the majority do not need to become ethnic to attract the minorities, they must merely retain majority issues so that if and wen minorities are attracted to majority issues, they have them ready to offer.
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Absolutely. Black republicans are heroes in the party. JC Watts, Condi Rice, General Powell, Steele, Clarence Thomas. Culturally it is tough for them to break away from the democratic party.