Racist, You Say?
Nov. 3rd, 2010 08:15 am![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
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Last night, conservative voters elected the first female Hispanic-American governor AND first female Indian-American governor in all of US history, as well as many Congress members of color from all over the country. In several areas where a person of color ran on a Republican ticket and lost, it was by an extremely close margin. More Latinos were elected to Congress under a Republican ticket than a Democratic one last night (and they were from nearly half a dozen ethnicities, so they can't just blame us Cubans for that one). Are we seeing the beginning of the end of media perception that racism and conservatism are mutually inclusive? Are these election results going to be enough?
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The midterm election not only busted the myth that the GOP is a regional party – seeing Republican gains in the Northeast, Midwest and West – it also puts to rest the notion that Republicans are a lily white party whose base won’t embrace a diverse slate of candidates. In eight prominent contests, Republicans nominated and elected excellent candidates and fine conservatives who also happen to be people of color.
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Date: 2010-11-03 12:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-03 12:30 pm (UTC)Unfortunately, "We seek out, promote, support and ultimately elect leaders of color" is not synonymous with "I have a black friend."
Logic!fail.
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Date: 2010-11-03 12:55 pm (UTC)Answer to your question is, "Of course not." Because most liberals have in their minds only they can be the champions of the minorities. And all those Latinos are not real Latinos. They're like... unicorns and Leprecauns.
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Date: 2010-11-03 02:12 pm (UTC)Or just a unicorn with a sombraro would be funny.
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Date: 2010-11-03 02:38 pm (UTC)Oh, snap.
What has ALWAYS bothered me about the American left is this presumption that they can speak for me, my family and my community a priori because they are the left and they speak for all people of color by default.
I'd like to speak for myself, personally.
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Date: 2010-11-03 03:00 pm (UTC)Anyway, this may cheer you up:
http://townhall.com/columnists/GuyBenson/2010/11/03/racist_tea_party_gop_welcomes_diverse_cast_of_newcomers
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Date: 2010-11-03 07:27 pm (UTC)Still I hope she's not as extreme conservative as Jindal.....
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Date: 2010-11-03 07:42 pm (UTC)Well at least she won. YAY FOR INDIANS! :D