Should Black Folks Give the Tea Party a Second Look?

The Root ^ | July 14, 2010 | Sophia Nelson

[highlander_UW]

My concern with the movement has always been that it was too monolithic.

There are more blacks in the Tea party movement than there are whites in the NAACP. So if you have a problem with monolithic groups it should be the NAACP you have issues with.

Please do give the Tea Party movement a good look...come join in, everyone who values America and respects the constitution is welcome.

[Izzy Dunne]

My concern with the movement has always been that it was too monolithic.

--- I won't join a group because there aren't enough of "my kind" (whatever that might be) in it?

Somebody 'splain to me how that makes anything better.

[Gene Eric]

>> The black culture is basically a society of liberal lemmings for the most part ,, only the whites could possibly save them from their own demise

I would argue that White Liberals and Leftists have created the environment that Blacks seem unwilling to leave. So, it’s incorrect to say “only the white could possibly save them” - I propose color blind Conservatism as the cure for the Marxist epidemic inflicted upon them. Of course, Conservatism can be self-administered, so I’m making no excuses for those in the know that prefer the misery of Socialism.

[oneamericanvoice]

“Republican Party is 99% White” is a myth. I know Republicans of every racial background. It takes a strong person to go against what they may feel is expected of them. I’m an American of bi-racial (White and American Indian) background and a strong Conservative Republican. Folks like me are rare.

[Chode]

only if they believe in the same things the TeaParty stands for... else, not

[Psalm 144]

The Dim party has room for basically two groups of people. Those who are on the dole, and those in gov’t which hand out the dole. This plus labor unions is the FDR model.

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Yes, and all three have made very clear their utter disdain for what happens to the rest of the nation so long as they may batten.

[Cacique]

btt

[TigersEye]

I get the distinct feeling that "black folks" like this author consider everyone who is not black to be white. And not from holding an egalitarian view of humanity. "White" is just a pejorative for everyone who isn't a part of their Pity Our History party.

I know that's a rather harsh assessment but that attitude leaks out too often to be an anomaly. If that's not the author's POV then my apologies to her. But it seems to be consistent with the views and attitudes of most black "civil rights" leaders.

[Rooivalk]

I live in the high desert and attended a tea-party rally last year. I was welcomed as a fellow American. Period

[Right Wing Assault]

the black community should stop being emotional and consider the facts

Good luck.

[FixitGuy]

I have met many Black people who can think rationally and are willing to be heard like this woman.

It's unfortunate that they are very much in the minority of their race.

The real tragedy is that the majority have unwittingly become the mouthpieces for the "gimme-gimme" liberals in our country.

[lionheart 247365]

....... 95% of blacks will return to the polls to re-elect the bamster ,,, that's a fact of life . The conservatives who wish to defeat the bamster and return the economy to the free enterprise system are overwelmingly white voters and that is a fact of life . So you will never convince me that they are ready to save their own bacon from socialism or communism . They are lemmings racing to their own demise and it's a cryin' shame because black conservatives are generally referred to as uncle Toms and there's another fact of life .

[chris_bdba]

Exactly the tea party is not ALL white. There are many different shades of tea partiers.

[RipSawyer]

I have been to four Tea Party rallies and at every one there was at least one black speaker who came to the podium. One of the best speeches came from a young black man who had dreadlocks in his hair and looked like anything but a conservative but he stood up for the constitution like few speakers ever do. One black former Marine spoke at three of the meetings, he is someone I have been acquainted with for years, he came to my house once, he is as solidly conservative as anyone you could know.

And all this happened in the,”Cradle of the Confederacy”.

[RipSawyer]

“The goal of the Tea Party is not about rescuing black people from their overwhelming poor judgment...”
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That would be an incidental effect of Tea Party success.

[Gene Eric]

>> So you will never convince me that they are ready to save their own bacon from socialism or communism .

Not trying to. All I’m saying is the appeal of Conservatism must be made on its merits, and not necessarily through the persuasive hand of the “White man”.

I wouldn’t mind seeing Allen West in the 2012 primaries. He seems to have a solid Conservative perspective despite the racial divisiveness used to discredit his contributions to our Liberties.

[EyeGuy]

Well sure, I’ve been to several Tea Party meetings in which there were blacks in attendance, and one it which a black man even spoke, but that is not the point.

My comment was directed to this black woman’s OWN thesis of “Yes, the Tea Party movement is overwhelmingly white”.

[EyeGuy]

“I think Blacks are not involved in the Tea Party for the same reason they tend to vote Democrat which, in my opinion, is more about Socialistic economics than it is about racism.”

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I do not believe the analysis goes to that depth. I don't think a direct connection is made between the small government goals of the Tea Party, and a threat to end the generations-long, payout largesse of socialist government programs.

For the majority of blacks, the decision is made on a more visceral level: white-Americans predominate so this just can't be good for black-Americans. Their world view, which necessitates the inclusion of hyphenation in the preceding sentence (and everywhere else), illustrates the problem.

[lionheart 247365]

In my state of Maryland where the black vote carries the state in almost every election , Michael Steele , a black man , the chairman of the GOP , lost by 94% to 3% to Ben Cardin a white Jewish politician in the senatorial race . It's gonna take three lifetimes at this rate for the blacks to catch on to the positive merits of conservative politics . Like the bamsters health-care legislation , white voters have to shove conservative values down their throats for the good of the country and them . Minority rule sucks and the whole country is suffering from it . Can you imagine three more generations of 0bama redistributive type politics ? Black folks hated Ronald Reagan and his administration had this countries economy at it's finest hour and the lemmings are still running to the sea in hopes that the liberals will throw them a life preserver . A very sincere thanks for the debate though .

[Gene Eric]

>> a black man , the chairman of the GOP , lost by 94% to 3%

I attribute that to political affinity - not because Blacks refused to vote for a Black man.

I’d like to see at least 20% voting in favor of Conservatism. I’m not holding my breath.