Why is it that the party that freed the slaves is no longer the party that represents minorities?

Question

What happened there? Did morality for the common man shift to the morality for the conservative-white-male?

Somehow - the party of Lincoln has become the party of Sinclair, Getty, Cabot, the Royal Saudi Family, and the Bin-Laden's.

Have they sold their morality? Is puritanical money worth more than common human dignity?

Answer 1

I have decided to answer your question since it is a good one.  However, I first have to say that I'm disappointed that you took a racist and sexist swipe at white males.

The Republican Party, and the "Radical Republicans" in particular, abolished slavery and advocated greater rights for African-Americans immediately after the Civil War in the late 1860's and early 1870's.  However, the party abandoned that cause after the Compromise of 1877 (see website listed below).  Nevertheless, most of the African-Americans who were able to vote supported the Republicans.  Even in 1932 Election, at the depth of the Great Depression, they voted Republican.

That changed in the 1936 Election.  After four years of the New Deal, it had become apparent to African-Americans that Democrats were more likely to champion their interests than were Republicans.  The civil rights legislation passed in 1960's by the Kennedy and Johnson administrations cemented their allegiance.

As more African-Americans become prosperous, more will shift to the Republican Party.  However, I don't expect a mass movement.  Their ties to the Democrats are strong.

Answer 2

It's because we minorities don't need representation!  for heavens sake we're as equal as we can get to 'majorities'. it's now time to step beyond these differences . Even Obama seems to think so.

Answer 3

Democrats are still carpetbaggers.

Answer 4

Which president has had more African Americans and other minorities in top leadership positions.....

Which part consistently voted for affirmative action and civil rights....  which party consistently voted against it.

You have some serious fact check issues.

{edit}  You believe that Johnson and Kennedy introduced civil rights legislation....  you would be wrong.  Civil rights legislation began long before Kennedy was president.  Kennedy gave into pressure to support and ultimately introduce the bill.  In fact President Kennedy fought against civil rights for most of his political career and his nephew Teddy has continued that fight through out his career.... check his senate voting record.  Johnson was a staunch opponent to civil rights.... When the bill finally made it to the Senate, the "Southern Bloc"  all democrats from the south launched a filibuster to defeat the bill.  Finally it was your beloved Senator Robert Byrd (d) W. Va. who gave a 14 hour argument on the floor opposing the bill.  Either you are clueless or you are purposefully distorting the truth to support your argument.... either way, you have no credibility.

Answer 5

Correction.

The party that freed the slaves is not the party that is always trying to convince minorities that they are still victims and there by keep them on welfare.

I want to see minorities to stop thinking of themselves as minorities, ignore the democrat's attempts to keep them down and have them start working their tails off to achieve the good life.

I've seen 1st generation immigrants from foreign lands do it in my life time so it can be done.

Answer 6

as a former republican,I could not agree with you more.the republican party and the conservative movement in general has been killed.case in point, the late great conservative commentator William F Buckley did not like Bush and hated Cheney for what they did to a once honorable movement.

Answer 7

I am not sure what happened. But I know during the civil rights period republicans did not agree with equality for all americans and still wanted separate but equal facilities. This caused a problem and minorities began to support the democrats who were more open to the idea

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Answer 8

You've been brainwashed, Study history and you will see that the Democrats "spin" everything.

Answer 9

It was explained to me in a history class that the Republicans of the past are the Democrats now. If you look at the ideas they supported it is very true. I really don't know how and when the switch happened, but it did.