The Democratic presidential candidates are a symbol of the racial and cultural diversity of America. I look at Sen. Barack Obama (African American), Gov. Bill Richardson (Hispanic), Sen. Hillary Clinton (female) and Rep. Dennis Kucinich (Martian?), and I’m persuaded that anyone can become President of the United States.
But then I look at the all-male, all-white GOP candidates, and I’m dismayed and depressed about how far we still have to go to achieve racial equality.
Some Republicans argue that the Republican presidential hopefuls may all be white men, but that doesn’t mean they don’t care about issues important to minorities.
Bullcrap!
“The candidates for the Republican party’s presidential nod are building quite a track record–of snubbing prospective voters. This week the four leading candidates–Fred Thompson, Mitt Romney, Rudolph Giuliani and John McCain, added the PBS-sponsored debate at Baltimore’s historically-black Morgan State University to their “I’ll-pass” list. That list now includes the National Urban League, Univision, the Spanish-language television network, the National Association of Latino Elected Officials and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. It’s getting to be a long list.”
Vernon Jordan Writing for the Huffington Post
Jordan is right, the GOP’s “Big Tent” has a “Whites-Only sign. The Republican presidential aspirants don’t even pretend to care about people of color. They openly show their disgust at the institutions and organizations that are respected and beloved by minorities.
None of the Republican candidates traveled to Jena to protest the sad state of unequal justice. You won’t hear any of the Republicans emphasize issues like unemployment that resonate with minorities. And they avoid like the plague any debates sponsored by minority organizations.
For any person of color to vote for a Republican is an exercise in absurdity. I know when I’m being “dissed”, and I have no intentions of voting for Romney, Giuliani or any other Republican candidate for the White House.
If a neighbor claims to share your values and morals, but he won’t come to your church for your child’s baptism, and he won’t set foot inside your fraternal organization — he might be full of it.
The Republican’s might give lip service to racial equality, but their deeds speak louder than their words. This is one minority who will vote for a Democrat in Nov 08.
REFERENCES:
1. Inviting Latino Voters: Party Messages and Latino Party Identification (Latino Communities: Emerging Voices)
2. No deje que decidan por usted. (electores hispanos en Estados Unidos)(TT: Dont’t let others decide for you) (TA: Hispanic voters in the United States): An article from: Semana
3. Rallying Latino Voters in 2006.(Bill Richardson elections): An article from: National Right to Life News
4. Building a local base for Latino political power in California
5. Attempts to disenfranchise voters of color.(NEWS): An article from: Colorlines Magazine
6. Republicans and the Black Vote
The Latino Vote
The Black Vote
The Minority Vote
All-White GOP Candidates
PBS-sponsored debate
Morgan State University
National Urban League
Univision Republican Debate
Republican Racial Bias And Contempt
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