Where are the Black Americans in the republican pledge?

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from Keith Boykin at HuffPo: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/keith-boykin/the-gops-pledge-to-white_b_738337.html


September 24, 2010

The GOP's Pledge to White America

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Usually, the Republicans do a decent job of at least pretending to care about people of color. At the 2004 Republican Convention, for example, the GOP put on a big show of racial diversity to overcome the perception that the party only represents white people. Not this time.

The GOP's new Pledge to America is a 45-page document filled with pictures, and there's not a single black person in any of the photos. Yes, in 2010, African Americans are still an afterthought to Republicans. Based on recent history, I was expecting to find at least one token black person buried in one of the photos of the document, but I was shocked to find a total blackout, if you will, of black people.

It's not like they ran out of space for photos. The booklet features 53 photographs, including beautiful patriotic images of Mount Rushmore, the U.S. Capitol dome, and a cowboy with a lasso. There's also photos of an old white couple on horses, a meat counter at a grocery store, senior citizens, soldiers, town hall meetings, and suburban streets lined with American flags. There's even an oversized picture of John Boehner and several photos of House Republican leaders. But I couldn't find a single black person in the entire document.

For a party with no black members of Congress, perhaps it's not surprising . . .

This week, when a group of white Republican leaders took off their suit coats and ties and stood on a platform outside a hardware store to release their new pledge, they wanted to send a message that they were not out of touch. But that group was just as white as the Pledge to America they released the same day.


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[Scuba]

1. Not many black multi-billionaires around.

[TexasObserver]

2. Stopped for Driving While Black

Republicans like blacks for their sports teams, their country club staffs, and scapegoating for all manner of social issues. They like blacks to fill their private prisons with tenants who pay well and never break their lease.

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[subterranean]

4. No children, either, of any race.

I guess because kids don't vote.

[MrScorpio]

5. In the kitchen...

And serving tea.