GOP’s race problem: What’s REALLY behind that bad tweet

[DonViejo]

The party's Rosa Parks fiasco only hints at its problems with civil rights -- here's why it should be afraid

BRITTNEY COOPER

With this week marking the 58th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, much has rightly been made of the Republican National Committee tweeting a picture of Rosa Parks this weekend, with a caption that said: “today we remember Rosa Parks’ bold stand and her role in ending racism.” (emphasis added)

But while many have justifiably focused on the claim that racism has “ended” (which the RNC later “clarified“), another significant truth has gotten lost. If they really cared about Rosa Parks’ memory, Republicans would attempt to emulate her courage in challenging the white male entitlement that demanded she give up the seat that she paid for. That kind of white male entitlement still dominates both the GOP and the American political scene today.

For example, if the party really wanted to take lessons from Rosa Parks’ story, it would think about the 90 percent of African-Americans who stayed off those buses and walked or carpooled to work in order to demand equal treatment and recognition of their dignity. In contemporary elections, it is routine that more than 90 percent of black America votes for anyone but the GOP.

GOP cronies and conservatives masquerading as moderates (Arne Duncan, here’s looking at you) would stop the kind of union busting in places like Chicago that continue to erode the school system and disadvantage the predominantly black and brown students that attend Chicago public schools. Old school civil rights figures would decry the school reform movement and see clearly that it places black children back in the very kinds of conditions that Brown v. Board of Education was meant to rectify. Companies like Wal-Mart would pay their workers a living wage and acknowledge that they could do so and still remain profitable each year to the tune of billions of dollars.

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http://www.salon.com/2013/12/03/gops_race_problem_whats_really_behind_that_bad_tweet/

[cheyanne]

1. Let the repugs tweet! With every tweet their hypocrisy is kept in the public eye.

They are so deep into their bubble about what Americans want (and see), that they cannot change their ideas.

They are at the stage where an extremist group is left with two tactics to explain their inability to gain momentum in the larger society.

First, they claim "ideological impurity" and begin to eat their own. Second, they claim the message is not the problem but the presentation of the message, hence, "look, we're not racist" tweets.

The other ongoing excuse for their failures is the vast conspiracy theory that covers every setback.

This is the type of group that doesn't change its beliefs but loses members who get tired of always losing and disintegrates into splinter groups until they are totally ineffective.

Time is on our side.